A Comparison of Group A Streptococci from Invasive and Uncomplicated Infections: Are Virulent Clones Responsible for Serious Streptococcal Infections?

From the mid-1980s, numerous reports of invasive group A streptococcal infections suggested that “highly virulent clones” were responsible. However, there have been virtually no extensive reports and comparisons of diverse temporal and geographic community isolates from uncomplicated throat infectio...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Journal of infectious diseases 2002-06, Vol.185 (11), p.1586-1595
Hauptverfasser: Johnson, Dwight R., Wotton, Jason T., Shet, Anita, Kaplan, Edward L.
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