Properties of IgG-binding proteins expressed by Streptococcus pyogenes isolates are predictive of invasive potential

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 173, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 888-895

  Raeder, Roberta ^a   Boyle, Michael D P ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN BINDING FACTOR;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; INFECTION RISK; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPSONIZATION; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 0029976624     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/173.4.888     Document Type: Article

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