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Rationale and design of the African group A streptococcal infection registry: the AFROStrep study

INTRODUCTION: Group A β-haemolytic Streptococcus (GAS), a Gram-positive bacterium, also known as Streptococcus pyogenes, causes pyoderma, pharyngitis and invasive disease. Repeated GAS infections may lead to autoimmune diseases such as acute post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis, acute rheumatic fev...

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Autores principales: Barth, Dylan D, Engel, Mark E, Whitelaw, Andrew, Alemseged, Abdissa, Sadoh, Wilson E, Ali, Sulafa K M, Sow, Samba O, Dale, James, Mayosi, Bongani M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4769387/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26916694
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2015-010248