Distribution of virulence genes and the molecular epidemiology of Streptococcus pyogenes clinical isolates by emm and multilocus sequence typing methods

• Main Authors: Hamzah, Siti Nur Adila, Mohd Desa, Mohd Nasir, Jasni, Azmiza Syawani, Mohd Taib, Niazlin, Masri, Siti Norbaya, Awang Hamat, Rukman
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Malaysian Medical Association 2021
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/96763/1/ABSTRACT.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/96763/; http://www.e-mjm.org/2021/v76n2
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

Background: Streptococcus pyogenes has a variety of virulence factors and the predominant invasive strains differ according to specific emm types and geographical orientation. Although emm typing is commonly used as the gold standard method for the molecular characterisation, multilocus sequence typ...