Viable Group A Streptococci in Macrophages during Acute Soft Tissue Infection

• Pontus Thulin,

  Affiliation Center for Infectious Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Department of Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

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• Linda Johansson,

  Affiliation Center for Infectious Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Department of Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

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• Donald E Low,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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• Bing S Gan,

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Department of Surgery, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, Department of Pharmacology/Toxicology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada

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• Malak Kotb,

  Affiliations Department of Surgery, University of Tennessee, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Immunology, University of Tennessee, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Research Service, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

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• Allison McGeer,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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• Anna Norrby-Teglund

  *To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: anna.norrby-teglund@medhs.ki.se

  Affiliation Center for Infectious Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Department of Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

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