@article{9ebe88116eb64021ac82bfdad930a15d,
title = "Strains of Streptococcus pyogenes from severe invasive infections bind HEp2 and HaCaT cells more avidly than strains from uncomplicated infections",
abstract = "Epidemiologically unrelated Streptococcus pyogenes strains isolated from blood, throat, and skin were assayed for adherence to HEp2 and HaCaT cells. Invasive isolates showed significantly higher avidity for these cell lines than isolates from skin and throat. In general, S. pyogenes showed greater binding to HaCaT cells than to HEp2 cells.",
keywords = "article, bacterial strain, bacterium adherence, bacterium culture, bacterium isolate, blood, cell adhesion, cell strain, disease severity, epidemiological data, HEp 2 cell, human, human cell, major clinical study, pathogenicity, priority journal, skin, Streptococcus infection, Streptococcus pyogenes, throat, Bacterial Adhesion, Humans, Streptococcal Infections, Tumor Cells, Cultured, Bacteria (microorganisms), Posibacteria",
author = "M Edwards and Peter Fagan and Heidi Smith-Vaughan and Bart Currie and K Sriprakash",
year = "2003",
language = "English",
volume = "41",
pages = "3936--3938",
journal = "Journal of Clinical Microbiology",
issn = "0095-1137",
publisher = "American Society for Microbiology",
number = "8",
}