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. 2016 Nov;22(11):1974-1977.
doi: 10.3201/eid2211.160252.

Group B Streptococcus Sequence Type 283 Disease Linked to Consumption of Raw Fish, Singapore

Priyanka Rajendram, Win Mar Kyaw, Yee Sin Leo, Hanley Ho, Wen Kai Chen, Raymond Lin, De Partha Pratim, Hishamuddin Badaruddin, Brenda Ang, Timothy Barkham, Angela Chow

Group B Streptococcus Sequence Type 283 Disease Linked to Consumption of Raw Fish, Singapore

Priyanka Rajendram et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2016 Nov.

Abstract

An outbreak of invasive group B Streptococcus (GBS) disease occurred in Singapore in mid-2015. We conducted a case-control study of 22 adults with invasive GBS infections during June 21-November 21, 2015. Consumption of raw fish was strongly associated with invasive sequence type 283 infections, but not with non-sequence type 283 infections.

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

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