Adaptation of Group A Streptococcus to Human Amniotic Fluid

Izabela Sitkiewicz; Nicole M. Green; Nina Guo; Ann M. Bongiovanni; Steven S. Witkin; James M. Musser

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0009785

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Adaptation of Group A Streptococcus to Human Amniotic Fluid

Izabela Sitkiewicz,

Current address: Department of Epidemiology and Clinical Microbiology, The National Medicines Institute, Chełmska, Warsaw, Poland

Affiliations Center for Molecular and Translational Human Infectious Diseases Research, The Methodist Hospital Research Institute, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Pathology, The Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Nicole M. Green,

Affiliations Center for Molecular and Translational Human Infectious Diseases Research, The Methodist Hospital Research Institute, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Pathology, The Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Nina Guo,

Affiliations Center for Molecular and Translational Human Infectious Diseases Research, The Methodist Hospital Research Institute, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Pathology, The Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Ann M. Bongiovanni,

Affiliation Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York, United States of America
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Steven S. Witkin,

Affiliation Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York, United States of America
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James M. Musser

* E-mail: jmmusser@tmhs.org

Affiliations Center for Molecular and Translational Human Infectious Diseases Research, The Methodist Hospital Research Institute, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Pathology, The Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York, United States of America
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Adaptation of Group A Streptococcus to Human Amniotic Fluid

Izabela Sitkiewicz,
Nicole M. Green,
Nina Guo,
Ann M. Bongiovanni,
Steven S. Witkin,
James M. Musser

Published: March 23, 2010
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0009785

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