Increased cytotoxicity and streptolysin O activity in group G streptococcal strains causing invasive tissue infections

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Siemens, Nikolai ^a   Kittang, Bård R ^b,c   Chakrakodi, Bhavya ^a   Oppegaard, Oddvar ^d   Johansson, Linda ^a   Bruun, Trond ^c,d   Mylvaganam, Haima ^d   Arnell, Per ^e   Hyldegaard, Ole ^f   Nekludov, Michael ^g   Karlsson, Ylva ^h   Svensson, Mattias ^a   Skrede, Steiner ^c,d   Norrby Teglund, Anna ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Haraldsplass Deaconess Hospital   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^e SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^f University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^g KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^h BLEKINGE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYTOKINE; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP B1 PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 8; PROTEOME; STREPTOLYSIN; STREPTOLYSIN O; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

CELL CULTURE; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; KERATINOCYTE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; SKIN; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOKINES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HMGB1 PROTEIN; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-8; KERATINOCYTES; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; PROTEOME; SKIN; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOLYSINS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84948140363     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep16945     Document Type: Article

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