Emergent Invasive Group A Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis, United States, 2015-2018.

ABSTRACT: The term group A Streptococcus is considered synonymous for the species Streptococcus pyogenes. We describe an emergent invasive S. dysgalactiae subspecies equisimilis lineage that obtained the group A antigen through a single ancestral recombination event between a group C S. dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis strain and a group A S. pyogenes strain.

SUBMITTER: Chochua S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6649341 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature