Streptococcus pyogenes strains associated with invasive and non-invasive infections present possible links with emm types and superantigens
<em><strong>Objective(s):</strong></em> Streptococcus pyogenes, a notorious human pathogen is responsible to cause a wide range of infections varies from superficial common clinical illness to severe and life threatening infections. To our knowledge this is the first report e...
Main Authors: | Rao Muhammad Abid Khan, Sana Anwar, Zaid Ahmed Pirzada |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Mashhad University of Medical Sciences
2020-01-01
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Series: | Iranian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences |
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Online Access: | http://ijbms.mums.ac.ir/article_14235_e153aa4dc748f99b544f945749eb6628.pdf |
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