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Delineation between invasive and non invasive strains of group A streptococci (Streptococcus pyogenes) is complex and important advances have been made in epidemiology and knowledge of the cofactors involved in pathogenicity, including the antigenically variant M protein.2,5 In previous series of pharyngitis and septicemic strains, we reported an association between biotypes and serotypes, which suggested that M proteins and physiological characters can cooperate for pathogenicity.1,3 This hypothesis led us to investigate a larger population of strains, responsible for invasive or non invasive infections, to determine whether invasiveness was associated with specific biotypes and serotypes.
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Varon, E. et al. (1997). Comparison of Invasive (Septicemic) and Non Invasive Strains of Group A Streptococci Isolated During a One-Year National Survey in France. In: Horaud, T., Bouvet, A., Leclercq, R., de Montclos, H., Sicard, M. (eds) Streptococci and the Host. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 418. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1825-3_21
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