Abstract：
:The M protein and streptococcus pyrogenic exotoxin (SPE A) are important virulence factors in group A streptococci (GAS) infections. The emm types of GAS strains isolated from patients with sepsis were determined by sequencing the 5' N-terminus of the emm gene, encoding the M protein, and clonality analysis using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. The presence of speA and production of SPE A were also examined. There were no predominant GAS clones. The emm genotypes were variable, and the most common genotype was emm13 (17.9%). The production prevalence of SPE A was 21.4%. The low mortality rate (7.1%) of GAS sepsis might be attributable to the low incidence of virulent strains such as emm1 (10.7%) and emm3 (7.1%), as well as to low production rate of SPE A.
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J Korean Med Scijournal_title
Journal of Korean medical scienceauthors
Koh EH,Lee NY,Kim EC,Kim Sdoi
10.3346/jkms.2006.21.2.193subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2006-04-01 00:00:00pages
193-8issue
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1011-8934issn
1598-6357pii
200604193journal_volume
21pub_type
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