Acute guttate psoriasis patients have positive streptococcus hemolyticus throat cultures and elevated antistreptococcal M6 protein titers

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 91-96

  Zhao, Guang ^a   Feng, Xiaoling ^a   Na, Aihua ^a   Jiang, Yongqiang ^b   Cai, Qing ^a   Kong, Jian ^a   Ma, Huijun ^a  

^a AIR FORCE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^b BEIJING INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Acute guttate psoriasis; M6 protein; Pathogenesis; Streptococcus hemolyticus; Superantigen

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN M6; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PSORIASIS; PSORIASIS GUTTATA; PSORIASIS VULGARIS; SCHOOL CHILD; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; THROAT CULTURE;

EID: 15744366109     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2005.tb00723.x     Document Type: Article

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