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Molecular characteristics of group B Streptococcus isolates from infants in southern mainland China

Authors :
Juan Li
Wenjing Ji
Kankan Gao
Haijian Zhou
Lihua Zhang
Xiaoping Mu
Chunlei Yuan
Xiaoshan Guan
Qiulian Deng
Lian Zhang
Huamin Zhong
Xiurong Gao
Fei Gao
Yan Long
Chien-Yi Chang
David J. McIver
Haiying Liu
Source :
BMC Infectious Diseases, Vol 19, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2019)
Publication Year :
2019
Publisher :
BMC, 2019.

Abstract

Abstract Background Invasive group B Streptococcus (GBS) disease in Chinese infants has gradually gained attention in recent years, but the molecular epidemiology of the pathogen is still not well known. Methods This multicenter study retrospectively investigated distribution of capsular serotypes, sequence types (STs), and hypervirulent GBS adhesin gene (hvgA) in clinical GBS isolates that caused invasive disease in infants aged

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
14712334
Volume :
19
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
BMC Infectious Diseases
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.f9e145237a247ab8ac68f89266fceac
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-019-4434-0