Molecular Characterization of Streptococcus agalactiae Causing Community- and Hospital-acquired Infections in Shanghai, China

Molecular Characterization of Streptococcus agalactiae Causing Community- and Hospital-acquired Infections in Shanghai, China

Streptococcus agalactiae, a colonizing agent in pregnant women and the main cause of neonatal sepsis and meningitis, has been increasingly associated with invasive disease in nonpregnant adults. We collected a total of 87 non-repetitive S. agalactiae isolates causing community-acquired (CA) and hosp...

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Main Authors: Haoqin Jiang, Mingliang Chen, Tianming Li, Hong Liu, Ye Gong, Min Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
Streptococcus agalactiae
virulence factor
serotype
Antimicrobial susceptibility testing
Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE)
multilocus sequence type (MLST)
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2016.01308/full

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