title: Emergence of invasive serotype VIII group B streptococcal infections in Denmark.
abstract: Serotype VIII group B streptococcus has only rarely been described outside Japan. The Streptococcus Unit, Statens Serum Institut, performed national surveillance of invasive group B streptococcal (GBS) diseases in Denmark in 1999 to 2002 and identified seven clinical GBS isolates of serotype VIII in blood from seven patients admitted to different hospitals.
authors.affiliation: Streptococcus Unit. Production Unit, Department of Respiratory Diseases, Meningitis and STIs, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark. kej@ssi.dk
authors.forename: Kim
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ekelund
authors.forename: Hans-Christian
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Slotved
authors.forename: Hans Ulrik
authors.initials: HU
authors.lastname: Nielsen
authors.forename: Margit S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Kaltoft
authors.forename: Helle B
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Konradsen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000382:microbiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012703:Serotyping; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D013292:Streptococcus agalactiae / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics