Bacterial Infections
New Bacterial Infections Study Findings Recently Were Reported by Researchers at Novartis Vaccines
Published in Vaccine Weekly, December 7th, 2011
2011 DEC 7 -- Data detailed in "Sortase A substrate specificity in GBS pilus 2a cell wall anchoring" have been presented. According to the authors of recent research from Siena, Italy, "Streptococcus agalactiae, also referred to as Group B Streptococcus (GBS), is one of the most common causes of life-threatening bacterial infections in infants. In recent years cell surface pili have been identified in several Gram-positive bacteria, including GBS, as important virulence factors and promising vaccine candidates."
"In GBS, three structurally distinct types of pili have been discovered (pilus 1, 2a and 2b), whose structural subunits are assembled in...
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Source: Vaccine Weekly (2011-12-07)
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