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Molecular characteristics of group B Streptococcus isolates from infants in southern mainland China
- Source :
- BMC Infectious Diseases, Vol 19, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2019)
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- BMC, 2019.
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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