Characterization of invasive and colonizing isolates of Streptococcus agalactiae in East African adults.
J Clin Microbiol, 2011/10;49(10):3652-5.
Huber CA[1], McOdimba F, Pflueger V, Daubenberger CA, Revathi G
Affiliations
PMID: 21865428DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01288-11
Impact factor: 11.677
Abstract
Ninety-five colonizing isolates and 74 invasive isolates of Streptococcus agalactiae from Kenyan adults were characterized by using capsular serotyping and multilocus sequence typing. Twenty-two sequence types clustering into five clonal complexes were found. Data support the view that S. agalactiae isolates belonging to a limited number of clonal complexes are invasive in adults worldwide.
MeSH terms
Adult; Aged; Cluster Analysis; Female; Humans; Kenya; Male; Molecular Epidemiology; Molecular Typing; Multilocus Sequence Typing; Pregnancy; Serotyping; Streptococcal Infections; Streptococcus agalactiae
More resources
Full text:
Europe PubMed Central; PubMed Central
EndNote: Download