Invasive Group B Streptococcus Infections Caused by Hypervirulent Clone of S. agalactiae Sequence Type 283, Hong Kong, China, 2021 1 .

Autor: Li C, Tse H, Zhu C, Choi GKY, Lee AL, Yang J, Lo NW, Hui DT, Chow CK, Chau SK, Lam J, Luk K, Que TL, Fung KS, Tse C, Wong SC, Lung DC, Chow VC, Ip M
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Emerging infectious diseases [Emerg Infect Dis] 2025 Jan; Vol. 31 (1), pp. 149-154. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Dec 11.
DOI: 10.3201/eid3101.231627
Abstrakt: During September-October 2021, group B Streptococcus bloodstream infections surged among patients hospitalized in Hong Kong. Of 95 cases, 57 were caused by the hypervirulent strain sequence type 283, which at the time was also found in freshwater fish and wet market environments and thus poses a transmission threat.
Databáze: MEDLINE