| Literature DB >> 12933887 |
Eva Medina1, Manfred Rohde, Gursharan S Chhatwal.
Abstract
It has recently been shown that survival within phagocytic cells constitutes an additional strategy used by Streptococcus pyogenes to evade the host defenses. Here we provide evidence that S. pyogenes can escape from the phagosome into the cytoplasm of phagocytic cells. Furthermore, intracellular bacteria seem to undergo phenotypic switching that results in much more virulent microorganisms.Entities:
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Year: 2003 PMID: 12933887 PMCID: PMC187312 DOI: 10.1128/IAI.71.9.5376-5380.2003
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Infect Immun ISSN: 0019-9567 Impact factor: 3.441