Genomic differences in Streptococcus pyogenes serotype M3 between recent isolates associated with toxic shock-like syndrome and past clinical isolates

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 181, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 975-983

  Inagaki, Yoshishige ^a,b   Myouga, Fumiyoshi ^a,c   Kawabata, Hiroki ^a   Yamai, Shirou ^d   Watanabe, Haruo ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^d KANAGAWA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DNA FRAGMENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEROTYPE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME;

HUMANS; PHARYNGITIS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEROTYPING; SHOCK, SEPTIC; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 0034117490     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/315299     Document Type: Article

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