Distribution of serotypes and evaluation of antimicrobial susceptibility among human and bovine Streptococcus agalactiae strains isolated in Brazil between 1980 and 2006

Distribution of serotypes and evaluation of antimicrobial susceptibility among human and bovine Streptococcus agalactiae strains isolated in Brazil between 1980 and 2006

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Streptococcus agalactiae is a common agent of clinical and subclinical bovine mastitis and an important cause of human infections, mainly among pregnant women, neonates and nonpregnant adults with underlying diseases. The present study describes the genetic and phenotypic diversity among 392 S. agal...

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Main Authors: Tatiana Castro Abreu Pinto, Natália Silva Costa, Aline Rosa Vianna Souza, Ligia Guedes da Silva, Ana Beatriz de Almeida Corrêa, Flavio Gimenis Fernandes, Ivi Cristina Menezes Oliveira, Marcos Corrêa de Mattos, Alexandre Soares Rosado, Leslie Claude Benchetrit
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2013-04-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Streptococcus agalactiae
Pulsed field gel electrophoresis
Epidemiology
Serotyping
Resistance profile
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