Invasive group A streptococcal disease: Association with a lack of anti-exotoxin antibodies

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 418, Issue , 1997, Pages 921-922

  Mascini, Ellen M ^a   Hazenberg, Marco M J ^a   Van Dalen, Annemieke ^a   Verhoef Verhage, Liesbeth A E ^a   Van Leeuwen, Nan J ^b   Verhoef, Jan ^a   Van Dijk, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXOTOXIN; TOXIN ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EXOTOXINS; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; NETHERLANDS; RISK FACTORS; SHOCK, SEPTIC; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 0030798329     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4899-1825-3_215     Document Type: Article

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