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Emergence of Serotype IV Group B Streptococcus Adult Invasive Disease in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, Canada, Is Driven by Clonal Sequence Type 459 Strains.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Sept 2015
Teatero Sarah, Athey Taryn B T, Van Caeseele Paul, Horsman Greg, Alexander David C, Melano Roberto G, Li Aimin, Flores Anthony R, Shelburne Samuel A, McGeer Allison, Demczuk Walter, Martin Irene, Fittipaldi Nahuel
Abstract excerpt
Serotype IV group B Streptococcus (GBS) is emerging in Canada and the United States with rates as high as 5% of the total burden of adult invasive GBS disease. To understand this emergence, we studied the population structure and assessed the antimicrobial susceptibility of serotype IV isolates causing adult invasive infection in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, Canada, between 2010 and 2014. Whole-genome sequencing...
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