Molecular Pathogenesis of Necrotizing Fasciitis

Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus skin infections: advances toward identifying the key virulence factors

(2009) Tyler K Nygaard et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Clinical and Microbiological Characteristics of Severe Streptococcus pyogenes Disease in Europe

(2009) B. Luca-Harari et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Case 2-2009

(2009) Michael R. Filbin et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Adherence of Streptococcus pyogenes to human epithelial cells is modulated by Haemophilus influenzae

(2009) Qingfu Xu et al.   SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Approach to debridement in necrotizing fasciitis

(2008) Chin-Ho Wong et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SURGERY

Streptococcus pyogenes degrades extracellular matrix in chondrocytes via MMP-13

(2008) Atsuo Sakurai et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

Reduced thrombin generation increases host susceptibility to group A streptococcal infection

(2008) H. Sun et al.   BLOOD

Overcoming function annotation errors in the Gram-positive pathogen Streptococcus suis by a proteomics-driven approach

(2008) Manuel J Rodríguez-Ortega et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Molecular mechanisms underlying group A streptococcal pathogenesis

(2008) Randall J. Olsen et al.   CELLULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Neutrophil degranulation mediates severe lung damage triggered by streptococcal M1 protein

(2008) O. Soehnlein et al.   EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL

Allelic variants of streptokinase from Streptococcus pyogenes display functional differences in plasminogen activation

(2008) Jason D. McArthur et al.   FASEB JOURNAL

M protein-mediated plasminogen binding is essential for the virulence of an invasive Streptococcus pyogenes isolate

(2008) M. L. Sanderson-Smith et al.   FASEB JOURNAL

Inter- and intraserotypic variation in theStreptococcus pyogenesRgg regulon

(2008) Alexander V. Dmitriev et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

CD46 Contributes to the Severity of Group A Streptococcal Infection

(2008) L. Lovkvist et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

TrxR, a New CovR-Repressed Response Regulator That Activates the Mga Virulence Regulon in Group A Streptococcus

(2008) T. V. Leday et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

The Intrinsic Immunoglobulin G Endopeptidase Activity of Streptococcal Mac-2 Proteins Implies a Unique Role for the Enzymatically Impaired Mac-2 Protein of M28 Serotype Strains

(2008) J. J. Soderberg et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Cathelicidin LL-37 in Severe Streptococcus pyogenes Soft Tissue Infections in Humans

(2008) L. Johansson et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

A Chemokine-Degrading Extracellular Protease Made by Group A Streptococcus Alters Pathogenesis by Enhancing Evasion of the Innate Immune Response

(2008) P. Sumby et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Genome Sequence of a Nephritogenic and Highly Transformable M49 Strain of Streptococcus pyogenes

(2008) W. M. McShan et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Opacity Factor Activity and Epithelial Cell Binding by the Serum Opacity Factor Protein ofStreptococcus pyogenesAre Functionally Discrete

(2008) Christine M. Gillen et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Severe Necrotizing Fasciitis in a Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Positive Patient Caused by Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

(2008) R. J. Olsen et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Muscle Injury, Vimentin Expression, and Nonsteroidal Anti‐inflammatory Drugs Predispose to Cryptic Group A Streptococcal Necrotizing Infection

(2008) Stephanie M. Hamilton et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Sequence Variation in Group AStreptococcusPili and Association of Pilus Backbone Types with Lancefield T Serotypes

(2008) Fabiana Falugi et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Preventing Bacterial Infections with Pilus-Based Vaccines: the Group B Streptococcus Paradigm

(2008) Immaculada Margarit et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Effects of Streptococcal Pyrogenic Exotoxin B on Pathogenesis of Streptococcus pyogenes

(2008) Chuan Chiang-Ni et al.   JOURNAL OF THE FORMOSAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Autopsy cases of fulminant-type bacterial infection with necrotizing fasciitis: Group A (beta) hemolytic Streptococcus pyogenes versus Vibrio vulnificus infection

(2008) Takuma Tajiri et al.   PATHOLOGY INTERNATIONAL

Genome Sequence of a Lancefield Group C Streptococcus zooepidemicus Strain Causing Epidemic Nephritis: New Information about an Old Disease

(2008) Stephen B. Beres et al.   PLoS One

A Naturally Occurring Mutation in ropB Suppresses SpeB Expression and Reduces M1T1 Group A Streptococcal Systemic Virulence

(2008) Andrew Hollands et al.   PLoS One

A direct link between carbohydrate utilization and virulence in the major human pathogen group A Streptococcus

(2008) S. A. Shelburne et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Coiled-Coil Irregularities and Instabilities in Group A Streptococcus M1 Are Required for Virulence

(2008) C. McNamara et al.   SCIENCE

Necrotizing fasciitis caused by group A Streptococcus with no apparent predisposing factors presenting as acute abdomen

(2007) Hamed A. Shabaneh Al-Tamimi et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Onset of streptococcal toxic shock syndrome is accelerated by bruising in a mouse model

(2007) Masanori Seki et al.   MICROBIAL PATHOGENESIS