Analysis of Immunoreactivity to aStreptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus M-Like Protein To Confirm an Outbreak of Poststreptococcal Glomerulonephritis, and Sequences of M-Like Proteins from Isolates Obtained from Different Host Species
Nicholson M, Ferdinand L, Sampson J, Benin A, Balter S, Pinto S, Dowell S, Facklam R, Carlone G, Beall B. Analysis of Immunoreactivity to aStreptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus M-Like Protein To Confirm an Outbreak of Poststreptococcal Glomerulonephritis, and Sequences of M-Like Proteins from Isolates Obtained from Different Host Species. Journal Of Clinical Microbiology 2000, 38: 4126-4130. PMID: 11060079, PMCID: PMC87552, DOI: 10.1128/jcm.38.11.4126-4130.2000.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPoststreptococcal acute glomerulonephritisStreptococcus equi subspConvalescent-phase seraS. equi subspSzp geneSurface-exposed virulence factorsAcute glomerulonephritisDifferent host speciesPoststreptococcal glomerulonephritisLike protein geneC-type strainsEpidemiologic findingsSerologic screenEtiologic agentGuinea pigsControl seraAnalysis of immunoreactivityHost speciesLike proteinProtein geneVirulence factorsGlomerulonephritis