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ArticleJournal of clinical microbiology1999

Characteristics of Streptococcus pyogenes serotype M1 and M3 isolates from patients in Japan from 1981 to 1997.

T Murase, R Suzuki, R Osawa, S Yamai

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Article in Journal of clinical microbiology, 1999. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Invasive group a streptococcal infections, Israel.Emerging infectious diseases · 2002
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

T MuraseDepartment of Bacteriology and Pathology, Kanagawa Prefectural Public Health Laboratory, Yokohama 241-0815, Japan. molamolatm@aol.com
R Suzuki
R Osawa
S Yamai
Kanagawa Prefectural Institute of Public Health · JP

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Streptococcus pyogenes isolates obtained in 1981 to 1997 from patients and healthy subjects were characterized by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) patterns, biotyping, and the presence of spe genes encoding streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxins. Changes in the profiles were shown in the serotype M1/T1 isolates from pharyngitis over this period, but not in serotype M3/T3 isolates. The characteristics of isolates from patients with toxic shock-like syndrome (TSLS) were comparable to those of the other isolates, including those from healthy subjects. This finding suggests that further phenotypic and molecular characterization, such as investigating the genomic difference represented by the pathogenicity island, of isolates with apparently the same profiles would be necessary to determine the etiology of diseases caused by S. pyogenes, including TSLS.

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Bacterial ProteinsElectrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-FieldMembrane ProteinsAdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overBacterial Typing TechniquesChildChild, PreschoolExotoxinsHumansJapanMiddle AgedPharyngitisSerotypingBacterial Proteinserythrogenic toxinExotoxinsMembrane ProteinsSpeA protein, Streptococcus pyogenes

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PMID10565944
PMCPMC85898
OpenAlexW2148240735

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