Molecular characterization of an invasive phenotype of group a streptococcus arising during human infection using whole genome sequencing of multiple isolates from the same patient

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 209, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1520-1523

  Flores, Anthony R ^a,d   Sahasrabhojane, Pranoti ^b   Saldaña, Miguel ^b   Galloway Peña, Jessica ^b   Olsen, Randall J ^d   Musser, James M ^d   Shelburne, Samuel A ^b,c  

^a TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Department of Infectious Diseases Infection Control and Employee Health   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d HOUSTON METHODIST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

bacterial pathogenesis; gene expression.; group A Streptococcus; virulence; whole genome sequencing

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; PROTEIN SPEB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CASE REPORT; FLUID RESUSCITATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LEG ULCER; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING;

BACTERIAL PATHOGENESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GROUP A STREPTOCOCCUS; VIRULENCE; WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEFTRIAXONE; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MALE; SEPSIS; SKIN ULCER; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 84899515199     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jit674     Document Type: Article

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