Role of Fibrinogen‐Binding Adhesin Expression in Septic Arthritis and Septicemia Caused byStreptococcus agalactiae | Zendy

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Role of Fibrinogen‐Binding Adhesin Expression in Septic Arthritis and Septicemia Caused byStreptococcus agalactiae

Author(s) -

IngMarie Jonsson,

Giampiero Pietrocola,

Pietro Speziale,

Margareta Verdrengh,

Andrzej Tarkowski

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

the journal of infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.69

H-Index - 252

eISSN - 1537-6613

pISSN - 0022-1899

DOI - 10.1086/491478

Subject(s) - streptococcus agalactiae , microbiology and biotechnology , bacterial adhesin , virulence , sepsis , septic arthritis , biology , streptococcus , arthritis , immunology , meningitis , fibrinogen , pathogen , medicine , bacteria , gene , biochemistry , genetics , psychiatry

Streptococcus agalactiae (group B streptococcus) is an important human pathogen that causes neonatal pneumonia, sepsis, septic arthritis, and meningitis, as well as severe infections in immunocompromised adult patients. The streptococci produce several molecules important for virulence.

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