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Changing epidemiology of group B streptococcal infections among adults in Iceland: 1975-2014.
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases - 1 Apr 2016
Björnsdóttir E S, Martins E R, Erlendsdóttir H, Haraldsson G, Melo-Cristino J, Kristinsson K G, Ramirez M
Abstract excerpt
We studied the bacterial characteristics and incidence of invasive infections caused by group B streptococci (GBS) in adults in Iceland in 1975-2014. A total of 145 isolates were characterized by serotyping, antimicrobial susceptibility, multilocus sequence typing and surface protein gene profiling. Disease incidence increased during the studied period (p <0.001), reaching 2.17 cases/100 000 person-years in...
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