Streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxin A, streptolysin O, exoenzymes, serotype and biotype profiles of Streptococcus pyogenes isolates from patients with toxic shock syndrome and other severe infections

Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie

Volumn 286, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 421-433

  Müller Alouf, Heide ^a,b   Geoffroy, Christiane ^a   Geslin, P ^c   Bouvet, Anne ^d   Felten, Annie ^e   Günther, Elisabeth ^f   Ozegowski, J H ^f   Alouf, J E ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR DE LILLE   (France)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER INTERCOMMUNAL DE CRÉTEIL   (France)

^d SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^e SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

^f FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

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EID: 0031260590     PISSN: 09348840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0934-8840(97)80102-8     Document Type: Article

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