Disease manifestations and pathogenic mechanisms of group A Streptococcus

MJ Walker, TC Barnett, JD McArthur… - Clinical microbiology …, 2014 - journals.asm.org
Streptococcus pyogenes, also known as group A Streptococcus (GAS), causes mild human
infections such as pharyngitis and impetigo and serious infections such as necrotizing …

Recurrent group A Streptococcus tonsillitis is an immunosusceptibility disease involving antibody deficiency and aberrant TFH cells

JM Dan, C Havenar-Daughton, K Kendric… - Science translational …, 2019 - science.org
“Strep throat” is highly prevalent among children, yet it is unknown why only some children
develop recurrent tonsillitis (RT), a common indication for tonsillectomy. To gain insights into …

Human disease isolates of serotype M4 and M22 group A Streptococcus lack genes required for hyaluronic acid capsule biosynthesis

AR Flores, BE Jewell, N Fittipaldi, SB Beres, JM Musser - MBio, 2012 - journals.asm.org
Group A streptococcus (GAS) causes human pharyngitis and invasive infections and
frequently colonizes individuals asymptomatically. Many lines of evidence generated over …

The fall and rise of Group A Streptococcus diseases

TC Barnett, AC Bowen, JR Carapetis - Epidemiology & Infection, 2019 - cambridge.org
Streptococcus pyogenes (or Group A Streptococcus, GAS) is a Gram-positive human
pathogen responsible for a diverse array of superficial, invasive and immune-related …

Emergence of a New Highly Successful Acapsular Group A Streptococcus Clade of Genotype emm89 in the United Kingdom

CE Turner, J Abbott, T Lamagni, MTG Holden, S David… - MBio, 2015 - journals.asm.org
ABSTRACT Group A Streptococcus (GAS) genotype emm 89 is increasingly recognized as a
leading cause of disease worldwide, yet factors that underlie the success of this emm type …

A molecular trigger for intercontinental epidemics of group A Streptococcus

L Zhu, RJ Olsen, W Nasser, SB Beres, J Vuopio… - The Journal of clinical …, 2015 - jci.org
The identification of the molecular events responsible for strain emergence, enhanced
virulence, and epidemicity has been a long-pursued goal in infectious diseases research. A …

Integrated analysis of population genomics, transcriptomics and virulence provides novel insights into Streptococcus pyogenes pathogenesis

P Kachroo, JM Eraso, SB Beres, RJ Olsen, L Zhu… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Streptococcus pyogenes causes 700 million human infections annually worldwide, yet,
despite a century of intensive effort, there is no licensed vaccine against this bacterium …

Trading Capsule for Increased Cytotoxin Production: Contribution to Virulence of a Newly Emerged Clade of emm89 Streptococcus pyogenes

L Zhu, RJ Olsen, W Nasser, I de la Riva Morales… - MBio, 2015 - journals.asm.org
Strains of emm89 Streptococcus pyogenes have become one of the major causes of
invasive infections worldwide in the last 10 years. We recently sequenced the genome of …

Epidemiology of invasive group A streptococcal infections in Norway 2010–2014: a retrospective cohort study

U Naseer, M Steinbakk, H Blystad… - European Journal Of …, 2016 - Springer
Streptococcus pyogenes or group A streptococcus (GAS) causes mild to severe infections in
humans. GAS genotype emm1 is the leading cause of invasive disease worldwide. In the …

Role of operative or interventional radiology-guided cultures for osteomyelitis

JC McNeil, AR Forbes, JG Vallejo, AR Flores… - …, 2016 - publications.aap.org
METHODS: A retrospective review of cases of AHO was performed from 2011 to 2014.
Patients with chronic disease, orthopedic hardware, puncture wounds, or an infected …