A glimpse of streptococcal toxic shock syndrome from comparative genomics of S. suis 2 Chinese isolates.

<h4>Background</h4>Streptococcus suis serotype 2 (SS2) is an important zoonotic pathogen, causing more than 200 cases of severe human infection worldwide, with the hallmarks of meningitis, septicemia, arthritis, etc. Very recently, SS2 has been recognized as an etiological agent for stre...

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Main Authors: Chen Chen, Jiaqi Tang, Wei Dong, Changjun Wang, Youjun Feng, Jing Wang, Feng Zheng, Xiuzhen Pan, Di Liu, Ming Li, Yajun Song, Xinxing Zhu, Haibo Sun, Tao Feng, Zhaobiao Guo, Aiping Ju, Junchao Ge, Yaqing Dong, Wen Sun, Yongqiang Jiang, Jun Wang, Jinghua Yan, Huanming Yang, Xiaoning Wang, George F Gao, Ruifu Yang, Jian Wang, Jun Yu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2007-03-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0000315