Group A Streptococcus Is Still at Large

Qinghua Lu^{1

2}, Dingle Yu^{1

2}, Yonghong Yang^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Microbiology Laboratory, Beijing Pediatric Research Institute, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health, Beijing 100045, China.
² Respiratory Department, Shenzhen Children's Hospital, Shenzhen 518038, China.

Editorial

Qinghua Lu et al. J Clin Med. 2023.

. 2023 Apr 6;12(7):2739.

doi: 10.3390/jcm12072739.

Qinghua Lu^{1

2}, Dingle Yu^{1

2}, Yonghong Yang^{1

2}

¹ Microbiology Laboratory, Beijing Pediatric Research Institute, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health, Beijing 100045, China.
² Respiratory Department, Shenzhen Children's Hospital, Shenzhen 518038, China.

Abstract

Group A Streptococcus (GAS) is a major human pathogen that can cause diseases, ranging from mild to severe systemic and invasive diseases [...].

The author declares no conflict of interest.

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