Genetic characterization of Streptococcus pyogenes emm 89 strains isolated in Japan from 2011 to 2019
Y. Hirose, M. Yamaguchi, N. Takemoto, T. Miyoshi-Akiyama, T. Sumitomo, M. Nakata, T. Ikebe, T. Hanada, T. Yamaguchi, R. Kawahara, R. Okuno, H. Otsuka, Y. Matsumoto, Y. Terashima, Y. Kazawa, , S. Kawabata
The paper characterizes emm89 Streptococcus pyogenes strains from Japan, finding most belong to clade 3 and carry STSS-associated genes and SNPs.
bioRxiv · Apr 14, 2020Microbiology