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Characterization of virulence factors, antimicrobial resistance pattern and clonal complexes of group B streptococci isolated from neonates.
Microbial pathogenesis - 1 Oct 2016
Emaneini Mohammad, Jabalameli Fereshteh, Mirsalehian Akbar, Ghasemi Amir, Beigverdi Reza
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Between January and December 2013, swab samples were taken for the throat and external ear canals of 1037 newborns for screening of Group B Streptococcus (GBS or S. agalactiae). Isolates were analyzed form Multilocus sequence typing (MLST), capsular type, virulence genes and antibiotic susceptibility. The MLST analysis of 19 GBS isolates showed 8 sequence types (STs). Overall the most common STs were ST19 and...
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