Comparison of a 3-set genotyping system with multilocus sequence typing for Streptococcus agalactiae (Group B Streptococcus).

ABSTRACT: Group B streptococcus (GBS; Streptococcus agalactiae) is the most common cause of neonatal and obstetric sepsis and is an increasingly important cause of septicemia in elderly individuals and immunocompromised patients. Epidemiological studies of GBS infections require comprehensive typing systems that provide information about variable characteristics, such as antigenic type, virulence, or antibiotic resistance, as well as the "backbone" structure or the genetic lineage of isolates. We have previously described a 3-set genotyping system that identifies the molecular serotype (MS) or molecular serosubtype (msst), the protein gene profile, and the presence of several mobile genetic elements (F. Kong, D. Martin, G. James, and G. L. Gilbert, J. Med. Microbiol. 52:337-344, 2003). In this study

SUBMITTER: Sun Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1234084 | biostudies-literature | 2005 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature