Genetic Characterization of Streptococcus pyogenes emm89 Strains Isolated in Japan From 2011 to 2019

Abstract. Invasive infection caused by Streptococcus pyogenes emm89 strains has been increasing in several countries linked to a recently emergent clade of emm89 strains, designated clade 3. In Japan, the features of emm89 S. pyogenes strains, such as clade classification, remains unknown. In this s...

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Main Authors: Yujiro Hirose, Masaya Yamaguchi, Norihiko Takemoto, Tohru Miyoshi-Akiyama, Tomoko Sumitomo, Masanobu Nakata, Tadayoshi Ikebe, Tomoki Hanada, Takahiro Yamaguchi, Ryuji Kawahara, Rumi Okuno, Hitoshi Otsuka, Yuko Matsumoto, Yuji Terashima, Yu Kazawa, Noriko Nakanishi, Kaoru Uchida, Yumi Akiyama, Kaori Iwabuchi, Chikara Nakagawa, Kazunari Yamamoto, Victor Nizet, Shigetada Kawabata, Stijn van der Veen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Health 2020-12-01
Series:Infectious Microbes & Diseases
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/10.1097/IM9.0000000000000038