Contribution of pilus type 2b to invasive disease caused by a Streptococcus agalactiae ST-17 strain.
Maddalena LazzarinRong MuMonica FabbriniClaudia GhezzoC Daniela RinaudoKelly S DoranImmaculada MargaritPublished in: BMC microbiology (2017)
The data suggest an important role of pilus 2b in mediating GBS infection and host cell interaction of strains belonging to the hypervirulent GBS ST-17 lineage.