Group A Streptococcus (Streptococcus pyogenes): the Most Interesting Pathogen in the World

CD Doern - Clinical Microbiology Newsletter, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Group A Streptococcus, or Streptococcus pyogenes, is a facultatively anaerobic
Gram-positive coccus and one of the most common causes of bacterial infection in humans …

Group A Streptococcus adaptation to diverse niches: lessons from transcriptomic studies

L Schiavolin, G Deneubourg, J Steinmetz… - Critical reviews in …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Group A Streptococcus (GAS) is a major human pathogen, causing diseases
ranging from mild superficial infections of the skin and pharyngeal epithelium to severe …

CovS inactivation reduces CovR promoter binding at diverse virulence factor encoding genes in group A Streptococcus

N Horstmann, KS Myers, CN Tran, AR Flores… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
The c ontrol ofv irulence gene r egulator (CovR), also called c aspsule s ynthesis r egulator
(CsrR), is critical to how the major human pathogen group A Streptococcus fine-tunes …

Lessons Learnt From Using the Machine Learning Random Forest Algorithm to Predict Virulence in Streptococcus pyogenes

SJ Buckley, RJ Harvey - Frontiers in Cellular and Infection …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Group A Streptococcus is a globally significant human pathogen. The extensive variability of
the GAS genome, virulence phenotypes and clinical outcomes, render it an excellent …

Systematic identification and repurposing of FDA-approved drugs as antibacterial agents against Streptococcus pyogenes: In silico and in vitro studies

J Gracia, D Perumal, P Dhandapani… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Streptococcus pyogenes (Group A Streptococcus-GAS) is a human pathogen
causing wide range of infections and toxin-mediated diseases in human beings of all age …

Group B Streptococcal Hemolytic Pigment Impairs Platelet Function in a Two-Step Process

K Jahn, P Shumba, P Quach, M Müsken, J Wesche… - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Group B streptococci (GBS) cause a range of invasive maternal–fetal diseases during
pregnancy and post-partum. However, invasive infections in non-pregnant adults are …

[HTML][HTML] Microbiology and Antimicrobial Resistance in Diabetic Foot Infections

H Rajha, R Alsheikh, A Zar, S Mohsen, SM Zughaier - 2024 - intechopen.com
Diabetic foot infections (DFIs) can be caused by a wide range of microorganisms, including
mainly bacteria and fungi. This class of infections poses significant medical challenges …

Incipient empyema as an embolic complication of group A streptococcal septic arthritis in a patient with concomitant influenza B infection

J Callum, D Hinde, R Chew - Respirology Case Reports, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
A 43‐year‐old healthy male presented with left ankle septic arthritis. Surgical specimens
cultured Streptococcus pyogenes (group A Streptococcus, GAS) and IV benzylpenicillin was …

UJI AKTIVITAS ANTIBAKTERI EKSTRAK METANOL DAUN WARU (Hibiscus tiliaceus Linn) DENGAN METODE EKSTRAKSI SONIKASI TERHADAP PERTUMBUHAN …

N Luhut Uli Arto - 2023 - digilib.unila.ac.id
Latar Belakang: Streptococcus pyogenes dapat menyebabkan seseorang mengidap
penyakit infeksi infeksi saluran pernapasan atas (ISPA). Penggunaan tanaman waru …

The role of secreted virulence factors in disease progression and severity during streptococcal and pneumococcal infections

P Shumba - 2022 - epub.ub.uni-greifswald.de
Group A streptococcus (GAS) and Streptococcus pneumoniae are both Gram-positive
bacteria that asymptomatically colonise various human body parts. Both microbes cause …