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Emerging Fatal Ib/CC12 Hypervirulent Multiresistant Streptococcus agalactiae in Young Infants With Bloodstream Infection in China
15 Dec 2021
Abstract excerpt
Streptococcus agalactiae [also known as group B Streptococcus (GBS)] is a tremendous threat to young infants. Eighty pediatric GBS infection cases were enrolled from a teaching hospital in Shanghai between 2009 and 2020; among them, 72.5% (58/80) were diagnosed with bloodstream infection (BSI). Sequence types (STs) and serotypes of associated GBS strains were identified, and most of the Ib/clonal complex (CC)12...
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