Streptococcal Cysteine Protease-Mediated Cleavage of Desmogleins Is Involved in the Pathogenesis of Cutaneous Infection

Sumitomo, T; Mori, Y; Nakamura, Y; Honda-Ogawa, M; Nakagawa, S; Yamaguchi, M; Matsue, H; Terao, Y; Nakata, M; Kawabata, S

Kawabata, S (reprint author), Osaka Univ, Grad Sch Dent, Dept Oral & Mol Microbiol, Osaka, Japan.

FRONTIERS IN CELLULAR AND INFECTION MICROBIOLOGY, 2018; 8 ():

Abstract

Streptococcus pyogenes is responsible for a wide variety of cutaneous infections ranging from superficial impetigo to fulminant invasive necrotizing f......

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