Molecular characteristics of group B Streptococcus isolates from infants in southern mainland China

Autor: Juan Li, Wenjing Ji, Kankan Gao, Haijian Zhou, Lihua Zhang, Xiaoping Mu, Chunlei Yuan, Xiaoshan Guan, Qiulian Deng, Lian Zhang, Huamin Zhong, Xiurong Gao, Fei Gao, Yan Long, Chien-Yi Chang, David J. McIver, Haiying Liu
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: BMC Infectious Diseases, Vol 19, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2019)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1471-2334
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-019-4434-0
Popis: Abstract Background Invasive group B Streptococcus (GBS) disease in Chinese infants has gradually gained attention in recent years, but the molecular epidemiology of the pathogen is still not well known. Methods This multicenter study retrospectively investigated distribution of capsular serotypes, sequence types (STs), and hypervirulent GBS adhesin gene (hvgA) in clinical GBS isolates that caused invasive disease in infants aged
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