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Molecular and phenotypic characterization of invasive group B streptococcus strains from infants in Norway 2006-2007.
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases - 1 Dec 2009
Bergseng H, Afset J E, Radtke A, Loeseth K, Lyng R V, Rygg M, Bergh K
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Multilocus sequence typing of an almost complete collection of invasive group B streptococcus (GBS) strains from infants in Norway, conducted in 2006-2007, revealed 27 sequence types (ST), of which 23 clustered into five clonal complexes. The case fatality rate of invasive GBS disease in infants was 16/98 (16.3%). Type V strains were predominant among strains resistant to erythromycin and clindamycin (11/18;...
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