Genomic Comparison among Lethal Invasive Strains of Streptococcus pyogenes Serotype M1

Genomic Comparison among Lethal Invasive Strains of Streptococcus pyogenes Serotype M1

Streptococcus pyogenes, also known as group A Streptococcus (GAS), is a human pathogen that causes diverse human diseases including streptococcal toxic shock syndrome (STSS). A GAS outbreak occurred in Brasilia, Brazil, during the second half of the year 2011, causing 26 deaths. Whole genome sequenc...

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Main Authors: Gabriel R. Fernandes, Aulus E. A. D. Barbosa, Renan N. Almeida, Fabíola F. dos S. Castro, Marina de C. P. da Ponte, Celio Faria-Junior, Fernanda M. P. Müller, Antônio A. B. Viana, Dario Grattapaglia, Octavio L. Franco, Sérgio A. Alencar, Simoni C. Dias
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
Streptococcus pyogenes
streptococcal toxic shock syndrome
invasive infection outbreak
emm
virulence factor
prophage
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2017.01993/full

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