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Tissue tropisms in group A streptococcal infections Bessen DE; Lizano SFuture Microbiol 2010[Apr]; 5 (4): 623-38Group A Streptococcus (GAS) is a human-specific pathogen that is highly prevalent throughout the world. The vast majority of GAS infections lead to a mild disease involving the epithelial surfaces of either the throat or skin. The concept of distinct sets of 'throat' and 'skin' strains of GAS has long been conceived. From an ecological standpoint, the epithelium of the throat and skin are important because it is where the organism is most successful in reproducing and transmitting to new hosts. This article examines key features of the epidemiology, population biology and molecular pathogenesis that underlie the tissue site preferences for infection exhibited by GAS, with an emphasis on work from our laboratory on skin tropisms. Recombinational replacement with orthologous gene forms, following interspecies transfer, appears to be an important genetic step leading up to the exploitation of new niches by GAS.|Bacterial Proteins/genetics/physiology[MESH]|Bacterial Typing Techniques[MESH]|Epithelium/microbiology[MESH]|Genotype[MESH]|Humans[MESH]|Pharynx/microbiology[MESH]|Skin/microbiology[MESH]|Streptococcal Infections/*epidemiology/*microbiology[MESH]|Streptococcus pyogenes/classification/genetics/*isolation & purification/*pathogenicity[MESH]|Virulence Factors/genetics/physiology[MESH] |
