Molecular typing of Streptococcus pyogenes from remote Aboriginal communities where rheumatic fever is common and pyoderma is the predominant streptococcal infection.

SUMMARYAboriginal Australians in remote communities have high rates of rheumatic heart disease (RHD); yet pharyngitis is reportedly rare whilst pyoderma is common. Some strains of group A streptococci (GAS) have preference for the throat and others for the skin depending on M protein type. A study i...

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Publicado en:Epidemiology & Infection Vol. 135; no. 8; pp. 1398 - 1406
Autores principales: McDonald MI, Towers RJ, Fagan P, Carapetis JR, Currie BJ
Formato: Journal Article
Publicado: Cambridge University Press Nov2007
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