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ArticleJournal of clinical microbiology2014

Molecular epidemiology of sil locus in clinical Streptococcus pyogenes strains.

Céline Plainvert, Márcia Dinis, Miriam Ravins, Emanuel Hanski, Gérald Touak, Nicolas Dmytruk, Agnès Fouet, Claire Poyart

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Article in Journal of clinical microbiology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. Molecular epidemiology and genomics of group A Streptococcus.Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases · 2015
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Céline PlainvertAssistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Service de Bactériologie, Centre National de Référence des Streptocoques, Groupe Hospitalier Paris Centre Cochin-Hôtel Dieu-Broca, Paris, France INSERM, U1016, Institut Cochin, Paris, France CNRS (UMR 8104), Paris, France Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France.
Márcia DinisINSERM, U1016, Institut Cochin, Paris, France CNRS (UMR 8104), Paris, France Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France.
Miriam RavinsDepartment of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, The Institute for Medical Research-Israel-Canada (IMRIC), The Hebrew University, Faculty of Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel.
Emanuel HanskiDepartment of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, The Institute for Medical Research-Israel-Canada (IMRIC), The Hebrew University, Faculty of Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel.
Gérald TouakAssistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Service de Bactériologie, Centre National de Référence des Streptocoques, Groupe Hospitalier Paris Centre Cochin-Hôtel Dieu-Broca, Paris, France.
Nicolas DmytrukAssistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Service de Bactériologie, Centre National de Référence des Streptocoques, Groupe Hospitalier Paris Centre Cochin-Hôtel Dieu-Broca, Paris, France.
Agnès FouetINSERM, U1016, Institut Cochin, Paris, France CNRS (UMR 8104), Paris, France Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France.
Claire PoyartAssistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Service de Bactériologie, Centre National de Référence des Streptocoques, Groupe Hospitalier Paris Centre Cochin-Hôtel Dieu-Broca, Paris, France INSERM, U1016, Institut Cochin, Paris, France CNRS (UMR 8104), Paris, France Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France claire.poyart@cch.aphp.fr.
Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris · FRHebrew University of Jerusalem · ILGroupe Hospitalier Cochin - Port-Royal, Hôtel-Dieu, Broca - La Collégiale · FRInserm · FRInstitut Cochin · FRSorbonne Paris Cité · FR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Streptococcus pyogenes (group A Streptococcus [GAS]) causes a wide variety of diseases, ranging from mild noninvasive to severe invasive infections. Mutations in regulatory components have been implicated in the switch from colonization to invasive phenotypes. The inactivation of the sil locus, composed of six genes encoding a quorum-sensing complex, gives rise to a highly invasive strain. However, studies conducted on limited collections of GAS strains suggested that sil prevalence is around 15%; furthermore, whereas a correlation between the presence of sil and the genetic background was suggested, no link between the presence of a functional sil locus and the invasive status was assessed. We established a collection of 637 nonredundant strains covering all emm genotypes present in France and of known clinical history; 68%, 22%, and 10% were from invasive infections, noninvasive infections, and asymptomatic carriage, respectively. Among the 637 strains, 206 were sil positive. The prevalence of the sil locus varied according to the emm genotype, being present in >85% of the emm4, emm18, emm32, emm60, emm87, and emm90 strains and absent from all emm1, emm28, and emm89 strains. A random selection based on 2009 French epidemiological data indicated that 16% of GAS strains are sil positive. Moreover, due to mutations leading to truncated proteins, only 9% of GAS strains harbor a predicted functional sil system. No correlation was observed between the presence or absence of a functional sil locus and the strain invasiveness status.

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Bacterial Typing TechniquesGenetic LociGenotyping TechniquesAdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overChildChild, PreschoolDNA, BacterialFemaleFranceHumansInfantMaleMiddle AgedDNA, Bacterial

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PMID24671796
PMCPMC4042805
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