To be capsulated or not be capsulated: that is the GAS question

Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2019 Dec;38(12):2381-2383. doi: 10.1007/s10096-019-03677-x. Epub 2019 Aug 13.

Authors

Roberta Creti¹, Giovanni Gherardi², Monica Imperi³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Infectious Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy. roberta.creti@iss.it.
² University Campus Bio-Medico, Rome, Italy.
³ Department of Infectious Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.

PMID: 31410623
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-019-03677-x

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Bacterial Capsules / genetics
Bacterial Capsules / metabolism*
Bacterial Proteins / genetics
Bacterial Proteins / metabolism
Humans
Hyaluronic Acid / genetics
Hyaluronic Acid / metabolism
Mutation
Operon
Streptococcal Infections / microbiology*
Streptococcus pyogenes / enzymology
Streptococcus pyogenes / genetics
Streptococcus pyogenes / pathogenicity*
Virulence / genetics

Substances

Bacterial Proteins
Hyaluronic Acid