Group A streptococci are model extracellular gram-positive pathogens responsible for
pharyngitis, impetigo, rheumatic fever, and acute glomerulonephritis. A resurgence of …

Streptococcus pyogenes, also known as group A Streptococcus (GAS), causes mild human
infections such as pharyngitis and impetigo and serious infections such as necrotizing …

The objective of present investigation was to determine antimicrobial activity of Thymus
vulgaris oil on some oral pathogens. Thymus vulgaris oil was prepared by hydrodistillation …

Adhesion to host cells is an initial and important step in Acinetobacter baumannii
pathogenesis. However, there is relatively little information on the mechanisms by which A …

Objective: To assess whether treatment with penicillin for three days and the traditional
treatment for seven days were equally as effective at accelerating resolution of symptoms in …

Streptococcus pyogenes infections often fail to respond to antibiotic therapy, leading to
persistent throat carriage and recurrent infections. Such failures cannot always be explained …

In the first half of the twentieth century, the group A streptococcus (GAS) was established as
the sole etiologic agent of acute rheumatic fever (ARF). In the century's latter half, the clinical …

Abstract Background. Group A streptococci (Streptococcus pyogenes; GAS) invades human
epithelial cell lines. Failure of penicillin to eradicate GAS from the throats of patients …

The adhesion of K21a, K26, K36, and K50 capsulated Klebsiella strains to ileocecal (HCT-8)
and bladder (T24) epithelial cell lines was significantly lower than that of their corresponding …

Streptococcus iniae was isolated from 2 moribund wild Red Sea fishes, Pomadasys stridens
(Pomadasyidae) and Synodus variegatus (Synodontidae), both collected in shallow waters …