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Distribution of serotypes and evaluation of antimicrobial susceptibility among human and bovine Streptococcus agalactiae strains isolated in Brazil between 1980 and 2006.
The Brazilian journal of infectious diseases : an official publication of the Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases - 1 Jan 2000
Pinto Tatiana Castro Abreu, Costa Natália Silva, Vianna Souza Aline Rosa, Silva Ligia Guedes da, Corrêa Ana Beatriz de Almeida, Fernandes Flavio Gimenis, Oliveira Ivi Cristina Menezes, Mattos Marcos Corrêa de, Rosado Alexandre Soares, Benchetrit Leslie Claude
Abstract excerpt
Streptococcus agalactiae is a common agent of clinical and subclinical bovine mastitis and an important cause of human infections, mainly among pregnant women, neonates and nonpregnant adults with underlying diseases. The present study describes the genetic and phenotypic diversity among 392 S. agalactiae human and bovine strains isolated between 1980 and 2006 in Brazil. The most prevalent serotypes were Ia, II,...
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