Article
Serotype Distribution, Population Structure, and Antimicrobial Resistance of Group B Streptococcus Strains Recovered from Colonized Pregnant Women.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Feb 2017
Teatero Sarah, Ferrieri Patricia, Martin Irene, Demczuk Walter, McGeer Allison, Fittipaldi Nahuel
Abstract excerpt
Using serotyping, multilocus sequence typing, and whole-genome sequencing (WGS) of selected strains, we studied the population structure of 102 group B Streptococcus (GBS) isolates prospectively sampled in 2014 from vaginal/rectal swabs of healthy pregnant women in metropolitan Toronto, Canada. We also determined the susceptibilities of each of the colonizing isolates to penicillin, erythromycin, clindamycin,...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
