Protective effect of hainosankyuto, a traditional Japanese medicine, on Streptococcus pyogenes infection in murine model.

BACKGROUND: Streptococcus pyogenes (S. pyogenes) causes various serious diseases including necrotizing fasciitis and streptococcal toxic shock syndrome. One serious problem observed recently with S. pyogenes therapy is attenuation of the antibiotic effect, especially penicillin treatment failure and...

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Main Authors: Masaaki Minami, Mariko Ichikawa, Nanako Hata, Tadao Hasegawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3142142?pdf=render