Sendi, Parham; El Hay, Muad Abd; Brandt, Claudia M; Spellerberg, Barbara (2017). Group B Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome and covR/S Mutations Revisited. Emerging infectious diseases, 23(1), pp. 150-152. U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 10.3201/eid2301.161063
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Gene mutations in the virulence regulator CovR/S of group A Streptococcus play a substantial role in the pathogenesis of streptococcal toxic shock syndrome. We screened 25 group B Streptococcus (GBS) isolates obtained from patients with streptococcal toxic shock syndrome and found only 1 GBS clone harboring this kind of mutation.
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Journal Article (Further Contribution) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > Service Sector > Institute for Infectious Diseases 04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Haematology, Oncology, Infectious Diseases, Laboratory Medicine and Hospital Pharmacy (DOLS) > Clinic of Infectiology |
UniBE Contributor: |
Sendi, Parham |
Subjects: |
500 Science > 570 Life sciences; biology 600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health |
ISSN: |
1080-6040 |
Publisher: |
U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Parham Sendi |
Date Deposited: |
17 Aug 2017 17:11 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 15:03 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.3201/eid2301.161063 |
PubMed ID: |
27983484 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
STSS; bacteria; group B Streptococcus; streptococcal toxic shock syndrome; streptococci; toxic shock syndrome; two-component system |
BORIS DOI: |
10.7892/boris.96586 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/96586 |
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