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. 2006 Nov;44(11):4252-4.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.01533-06. Epub 2006 Sep 27.

Identification of a Streptococcus agalactiae serotype III subtype 4 clone in association with adult invasive disease in Hong Kong

Margaret Ip  1 , Edmund S C Cheuk, Michelle H Y Tsui, Fanrong Kong, T N Leung, Gwendolyn L Gilbert
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Identification of a Streptococcus agalactiae serotype III subtype 4 clone in association with adult invasive disease in Hong Kong

Margaret Ip et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2006 Nov.

Abstract

Characterization of Streptococcus agalactiae serotype III isolates revealed a subtype 4 clone that has an indistinguishable pulsed-field gel electrophoresis pattern and possesses a C-alpha protein, IS1381, and a novel sequence type (ST), ST 283, by multilocus sequence tagging. This clone was significantly associated with diseases caused by invasive strains from nonpregnant adults (P <or= 0.01, chi-square test) and was not present in the genital tracts of pregnant mothers.

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