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Prevalence of group a streptococcus pharyngeal carriage and clinical manifestations in school children aged 5–15 yrs in Wakiso District, Uganda

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2017
Background Beta-hemolytic streptococci carrier rates in children living in low-income countries are high ranging from 10 to 50%. Although most of these children are asymptomatic, they are a reservoir and pose a risk of transmission. The aim of this study
Irene Nayiga, Emmy Okello, Peter Lwabi, Grace Ndeezi   +3 more
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ApuA, a multifunctional x-glucan-degrading enzyme of Streptococcus suis, mediates adhesion to porcine epithelium and mucus [PDF]

, 2010
We have identified apuA in Streptococcus suis, which encodes a bifunctional amylopullulanase with conserved -amylase and pullulanase substrate-binding domains and catalytic motifs.
Smith, H.E., Wells, J., Susana Fuentes, Ferrando, M.L., Hilde Smith, Greeff, A., de, Fuentes, S., Jerry M. Wells, Maria Laura Ferrando, Astrid de Greeff, Wells J. M., Ferrando M. L., Fuentes S., Smith H., De Greeff A.   +14 more
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Evaluation of a Streptococcal Pharyngitis Score in Southern Taiwan

Pediatrics and Neonatology, 2012
Group A streptococcus (GAS) pharyngitis can cause serious complications such as rheumatic heart disease. The McIsaac sore throat score is a clinical prediction score used to improve the detection rate of GAS pharyngitis.
Ching-Tang Shih, Ching-Chiang Lin, Chung-Ching Lu   +2 more
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Group A Streptococcus in the Gynecologic Patient

Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1997
Over the past few decades, physicians have been reminded of the potential for serious complications arising from group A streptococcal (GAS) infections. These infections continue to pose a serious threat, primarily because the pathophysiology of these infections is complex.
Garvey, P., Ledger, W. J.
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Development of an Opsonophagocytic Killing Assay Using HL-60 Cells for Detection of Functional Antibodies against Streptococcus pyogenes

mSphere, 2018
The clinical development of group A streptococcal (GAS) vaccines will require the implementation of a standardized, high-throughput assay to measure the activity of functional opsonic antibodies in vaccine recipients. In the present study, we adapted and
Sanaz Salehi, Claudia M. Hohn, Thomas A. Penfound, James B. Dale   +3 more
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Molecular analysis of an outbreak of lethal postpartum sepsis caused by Streptococcus pyogenes [PDF]

, 2013
This work was supported by the United Kingdom Clinical Research Collaboration, which funds the National Centre for Infection Prevention and Management at Imperial College London.
Holden, M.T., Bentley, S.D., Holden, MTG, Davies, F.J., Sriskandan, S., Dryden, M., Davies, Frances J., Bentley, SD, Lawrenson, RA, Turner, C.E., Farzaneh, L, Sriskandan, S, Efstratiou, A, Holden, Matthew Thomas Geoffrey, Bentley, Stephen D., Dryden, M, Davies, FJ, Efstratiou, A., Farzaneh, Leili, Turner, CE, Lawrenson, Richard A., Efstratiou, Androulla, Lawrenson, R.A., Farzaneh, L., Turner, Claire E., Sriskandan, Shiranee, Dryden, Matthew, Holden, Matthew Thomas Geoffrey; id_orcid   +27 more
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Successful anesthesia case of emergency cesarean section complicated with pregnancy-related group: A streptococcus sepsis

Journal of Obstetric Anaesthesia and Critical Care, 2022
Pregnancy-related Group A streptococcus (GAS) sepsis is a rare, rapidly progressing life-threatening disease. Previous reports described the clinical features of pregnancy-related GAS sepsis, however, the evidence regarding general anesthesia is ...
Yuta Kawatsu, Mitsunori Miyazu, Taiki Kojima   +2 more
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Genome characterization and population genetic structure of the zoonotic pathogen, streptococcus canis [PDF]

, 2012
Background - Streptococcus canis is an important opportunistic pathogen of dogs and cats that can also infect a wide range of additional mammals including cows where it can cause mastitis. It is also an emerging human pathogen.
Zadoks Ruth N, Moroni Paolo, P. D. Pavinski Bitar, Michael J Stanhope, P. Lang, Lang, Ping, Ping Lang, Zadoks, Ruth N., Pavinski Bitar Paulina D, Werner, Brenda, Vincent P Richards, B. Werner, Richards, Vincent P, Lang Ping, Werner Brenda, Brenda Werner, Tikofsky Linda, Stanhope, Michael J, Ruth N Zadoks, Moroni, P., Tikofsky, L., Lefébure, Tristan, R. N. Zadoks, V. P. Richards, Zadoks, R.N., Lang, P., Werner, B., Lefébure Tristan, L. Tikofsky, P. Moroni, Lefébure, T., M. J. Stanhope, Tristan Lefébure, Stanhope Michael J, Linda Tikofsky, Stanhope, M.J., Tikofsky, Linda, Richards Vincent P, Paulina D Pavinski Bitar, Richards, V.P., Moroni, Paolo, T. Lefébure, Pavinski Bitar, Paulina D, Paolo Moroni, Pavinski Bitar, P.D., Bitar, P.D.P.   +45 more
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An Experimental Group A Streptococcus Vaccine That Reduces Pharyngitis and Tonsillitis in a Nonhuman Primate Model

mBio, 2019
Group A Streptococcus (GAS) infections account for an estimated 500,000 deaths every year. This bacterial pathogen is responsible for a variety of mild and life-threatening infections and the triggering of chronic autoimmune sequelae.
Tania Rivera-Hernandez, Diane G. Carnathan, Scott Jones, Amanda J. Cork, Mark R. Davies, Peter M. Moyle, Istvan Toth, Michael R. Batzloff, James McCarthy, Victor Nizet, David Goldblatt, Guido Silvestri, Mark J. Walker   +12 more
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The Serological Grouping of Streptococcus equinus [PDF]

Journal of General Microbiology, 1962
SUMMARY: Streptococci isolated from horse faeces and corresponding to the description of Streptococcus equinus Andrewes & Horder (1906) were found to belong to the serological group D. The group D antigen was produced by all the strains examined, but was not always extractable from whole organisms by HCI or formamide; broken organisms, however, always ...
D G, SMITH, P M, SHATTOCK
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