Sechenov Moscow Medical Academy, Russia
State-of-the-art data on persistence of Streptococcus pyogenes are presented. Survival and persistence of S.pyogenes in organism of the host are considered as a result of action of widely presented virulent functions of infectious agent aimed on evasion from defense mechanisms of the host. Information on adhesins, bacteriocins, IgA-proteases, molecules with invasive function, as well as with function of protection from pahocytosis is presented. Antigenic mimicry and L-forms of S.pyogenes are briefly characterized.
Zh. Mikrobiol. (Moscow), 2009, No. 3, P. 104—109