Population Structure and Antimicrobial Resistance of Invasive Serotype IV Group B Streptococcus, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Population Structure and Antimicrobial Resistance of Invasive Serotype IV Group B Streptococcus, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

We recently showed that 37/600 (6.2%) invasive infections with group B Streptococcus (GBS) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, were caused by serotype IV strains. We report a relatively high level of genetic diversity in 37 invasive strains of this emerging GBS serotype. Multilocus sequence typing identifi...

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Main Authors: Sarah Teatero, Allison McGeer, Aimin Li, Janice Gomes, Christine Seah, Walter Demczuk, Irene Martin, Jessica Wasserscheid, Ken Dewar, Roberto G. Melano, Nahuel Fittipaldi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2015-04-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
bacterial infection
invasive bacterial disease
bacteria
group B streptococci
streptococci
serotype IV
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/21/4/14-0759_article

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