Type 49 Streptococcus pyogenes: phage subtypes as epidemiological markers in isolates from skin sepsis and acute glomerulonephritis.

• Main Authors: Skjold, S. A., Wannamaker, L. W., Johnson, D. R., Margolis, H. S.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press 1983
• Subjects: Research Article; Trinidad; eskimo*; Alaska
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2129294; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6350447

Studies of group A, M type 49 streptococci from England, Trinidad and Alaska indicate that isolates of this serotype often differ with respect to phage subtype from one geographical area to another, but are generally homogeneous in one place at one time. The findings support the conclusion that acut...