Article
Molecular characterization and prophage DNA contents of Streptococcus agalactiae strains isolated from adult skin and osteoarticular infections.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Apr 2010
Salloum Mazen, van der Mee-Marquet Nathalie, Domelier Anne-Sophie, Arnault Laurence, Quentin Roland
Abstract excerpt
Skin and osteoarticular infections (SKI and OAI, respectively) account for almost one-third of Streptococcus agalactiae infections in nonpregnant adults. We evaluated the genetic diversity and phylogeny of 58 S. agalactiae strains responsible for adult SKI or OAI and of 61 S. agalactiae strains from cases of adult human colonization (HCol) by serotyping and multilocus sequence typing (MLST). We also assessed the...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Bacterial Typing Techniques
- Cluster Analysis
- DNA Fingerprinting
- DNA, Bacterial
- DNA, Viral
- Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
