Mechanisms of cell and tissue injury induced by group A streptococci: relation to poststreptococcal sequelae.

Animals Antibodies Arthritis/etiology Cricetinae Deoxyribonucleases/metabolism Guinea Pigs Haplorhini Hemolysis/drug effects Hyaluronoglucosaminidase/metabolism Hydrolases/metabolism Kidney Glomerulus/immunology Lymphangitis/etiology,veterinary Mice Peptide Hydrolases/metabolism Rabbits Rats Respiratory Tract Diseases/complications Rheumatic Fever/immunology Skin Diseases, Infectious/complications Streptococcal Infections/complications,immunology,pathology Streptococcus/enzymology,pathogenicity Streptokinase/metabolism Streptolysins/metabolism Toxins, Biological/metabolism

Antibodies Streptolysins Toxins, Biological Hydrolases Deoxyribonucleases Hyaluronoglucosaminidase Peptide Hydrolases Streptokinase