Association of pyrogenic exotoxin genes with pharyngitis and rheumatic fever/rheumatic heart disease among Indian isolates of Streptococcus pyogenes.

Nandi, S

Association of pyrogenic exotoxin genes with pharyngitis and rheumatic fever/rheumatic heart disease among Indian isolates of Streptococcus pyogenes. [electronic resource] - Letters in applied microbiology 2002 - 237-41 p. digital

Publication Type: Journal Article

0266-8254

10.1046/j.1472-765x.2002.01176.x doi


Adolescent
Bacterial Proteins--genetics
Child
Child, Preschool
DNA, Bacterial--analysis
Exotoxins--genetics
Humans
India
Pharyngitis--microbiology
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Pyrogens--genetics
Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
Rheumatic Fever--microbiology
Rheumatic Heart Disease--microbiology
Streptococcal Infections--microbiology
Streptococcus pyogenes--genetics
Virulence--genetics