Streptococcus pyogenes Causing Skin and Soft Tissue Infections Are Enriched in the Recently Emerged emm89 Clade 3 and Are Not Associated With Abrogation of CovRS

Streptococcus pyogenes Causing Skin and Soft Tissue Infections Are Enriched in the Recently Emerged emm89 Clade 3 and Are Not Associated With Abrogation of CovRS

Although skin and soft tissue infections (SSTI) are the most common focal infections associated with invasive disease caused by Streptococcus pyogenes (Lancefield Group A streptococci - GAS), there is scarce information on the characteristics of isolates recovered from SSTI in temperate-climate regi...

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Main Authors: Catarina Pato, José Melo-Cristino, Mario Ramirez, Ana Friães, The Portuguese Group for the Study of Streptococcal Infections, Teresa Vaz, Marília Gião, Rui Ferreira, Ana Cristina Silva, Hermínia Costa, Maria Fátima Silva, Maria Amélia Afonso, Ana Domingos, Gina Marrão, José Grossinho, Paulo Lopes, Angelina Lameirão, Gabriela Abreu, Aurélia Selaru, Hermínia Marques, Margarida Tomaz, Paula Mota, Maria Helena Ramos, Ana Paula Castro, Fernando Fonseca, Nuno Canhoto, Teresa Afonso, Teresa Pina, Helena Peres, Odete Chantre, João Marques, Cristina Marcelo, Isabel Peres, Isabel Lourenço, Margarida Pinto, Lurdes Monteiro, Luís Marques Lito, Cristina Toscano, Maria Ana Pessanha, Elmano Ramalheira, Raquel Diaz, Sónia Ferreira, Inês Cravo Roxo, Graça Ribeiro, Rui Tomé, Celeste Pontes, Luísa Boaventura, Catarina Chaves, Teresa Reis, Ana Buschy Fonseca, Manuela Ribeiro, Helena Gonçalves, Alberta Faustino, Adelaide Alves, Maria Cármen Iglesias, Ilse Fontes, Paulo Martinho, Maria Luísa Gonçalves, Olga Neto, Luísa Sancho, Adriana Coutinho, José Diogo, Ana Rodrigues, Maria Antónia Read, Valquíria Alves, Margarida Monteiro, Rosa Bento
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
Streptococcus pyogenes
skin and soft tissue infections
emm89
covRS
SpeB
ropB
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2018.02372/full

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