Evidence map›Paper›PMID 36894668›Full record

ReviewNature reviews. Microbiology2023

Pathogenesis, epidemiology and control of Group A Streptococcus infection.

Stephan Brouwer, Tania Rivera-Hernandez, Bodie F Curren, Nichaela Harbison-Price, David M P De Oliveira, Magnus G Jespersen, Mark R Davies, Mark J Walker

Erratum issuedOpen access · greenAbstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Nature reviews. Microbiology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 210 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
210citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
97.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

210 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 334 citations in OpenAlex.

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  11. Genomic analysis and clinical characteristics of a seasonal upsurge of Streptococcus pyogenes emm12.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2026
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  16. Genomic analysis of Streptococcus pyogenes emm1-type isolates reveals M1European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2026
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  17. Comparative Analysis of Methicillin-SusceptibleAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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  18. SpyCEP dismantles neutrophil immunity via disorder-driven chemokine remodeling and GAG targeting.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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150 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Stephan BrouwerSchool of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9777-2992
Tania Rivera-HernandezInstituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, CONACYT, Mexico City, Mexico.
Bodie F CurrenSchool of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1165-6406
Nichaela Harbison-PriceSchool of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5794-1923
David M P De OliveiraSchool of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5085-7163
Magnus G JespersenDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Melbourne, at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Mark R DaviesDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Melbourne, at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6141-5179
Mark J WalkerSchool of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. mark.walker@uq.edu.au.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7423-2769
The University of Queensland · AUThe University of Melbourne · AUMexican Social Security Institute · MX

Funding

Identifying the Most Effective Adjuvant(s) for Leading Group A Streptococcal Vaccine Antigens in Preclinical Mouse and Nonhuman Primate ModelsR01AI173689 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI Victor Nizet, Mark Joseph Walker · 2023 to 2026
$2.8M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI173689
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Streptococcus pyogenes (Group A Streptococcus; GAS) is exquisitely adapted to the human host, resulting in asymptomatic infection, pharyngitis, pyoderma, scarlet fever or invasive diseases, with potential for triggering post-infection immune sequelae. GAS deploys a range of virulence determinants to allow colonization, dissemination within the host and transmission, disrupting both innate and adaptive immune responses to infection. Fluctuating global GAS epidemiology is characterized by the emergence of new GAS clones, often associated with the acquisition of new virulence or antimicrobial determinants that are better adapted to the infection niche or averting host immunity. The recent identification of clinical GAS isolates with reduced penicillin sensitivity and increasing macrolide resistance threatens both frontline and penicillin-adjunctive antibiotic treatment. The World Health Organization (WHO) has developed a GAS research and technology road map and has outlined preferred vaccine characteristics, stimulating renewed interest in the development of safe and effective GAS vaccines.

Indexed as

Anti-Bacterial AgentsStreptococcal InfectionsDrug Resistance, BacterialHumansMacrolidesPenicillinsStreptococcus pyogenesAnti-Bacterial AgentsMacrolidesPenicillins

Identifiers

PMID36894668
PMCPMC9998027
OpenAlexW4323669754

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Registered trials

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