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Multicenter Study
. 2016 Nov;22(11):1970-1973.
doi: 10.3201/eid2211.160210.

Group B Streptococcus Serotype III Sequence Type 283 Bacteremia Associated with Consumption of Raw Fish, Singapore

Shermin Tan, Yijun Lin, Kelly Foo, Han Fang Koh, Charlene Tow, Yiwen Zhang, Li Wei Ang, Lin Cui, Hishamuddin Badaruddin, Peng Lim Ooi, Raymond Tzer Pin Lin, Jeffery Cutter
Multicenter Study

Group B Streptococcus Serotype III Sequence Type 283 Bacteremia Associated with Consumption of Raw Fish, Singapore

Shermin Tan et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2016 Nov.

Abstract

We conducted a retrospective study of 40 case-patients and 58 controls as part of a nationwide investigation of a group B Streptococcus outbreak in Singapore in 2015. Eating a Chinese-style raw fish dish (yusheng) was a major risk factor for bacteremia, particularly caused by serotype III sequence type 283.

Keywords: Singapore; Streptococcus agalactiae; bacteria; food safety; food-borne infections; group B Streptococcus; outbreak; raw fish; raw foods; sequence type 283; serotype III; streptococci; yusheng.

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Timeline of group B Streptococcus bacteremia cases reported in 6 public hospitals, Singapore, epidemiologic weeks 1−52, 2015.
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