| Title |
Spread of a highly mucoid Streptococcus pyogenes emm3/ST15 clone
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Infectious Diseases, August 2010
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2334-10-233 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Esther Tamayo, Milagrosa Montes, Guadalupe García-Medina, José M García-Arenzana, Emilio Pérez-Trallero |
| Abstract |
Hyaluronic acid capsule plays a key role in Streptococcus pyogenes virulence. Circulation of mucoid or highly encapsulated strains has been related to rheumatic fever epidemics and invasive disease in several countries. In 2009, an outbreak of mucoid S. pyogenes isolates was detected in northern Spain. The aim of the study was to describe clinical and molecular characteristics of mucoid strains causing this outbreak and to compare them with a sample of non-mucoid S. pyogenes isolates obtained during the same period of time. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Hong Kong | 1 | 2% |
| Faroe Islands | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 39 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 8 | 20% |
| Researcher | 7 | 17% |
| Student > Bachelor | 6 | 15% |
| Other | 4 | 10% |
| Professor | 2 | 5% |
| Other | 7 | 17% |
| Unknown | 7 | 17% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 11 | 27% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 9 | 22% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 6 | 15% |
| Engineering | 3 | 7% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 2 | 5% |
| Other | 2 | 5% |
| Unknown | 8 | 20% |
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