title: Identification of a Streptococcus agalactiae serotype III subtype 4 clone in association with adult invasive disease in Hong Kong.
abstract: Characterization of Streptococcus agalactiae serotype III isolates revealed a subtype 4 clone that has an indistinguishable pulsed-field gel electrophoresis pattern and possesses a C-alpha protein, IS1381, and a novel sequence type (ST), ST 283, by multilocus sequence tagging. This clone was significantly associated with diseases caused by invasive strains from nonpregnant adults (P <or= 0.01, chi-square test) and was not present in the genital tracts of pregnant mothers.
authors.affiliation: Dept of Microbiology, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong. margaretip@cuhk.edu.hk
authors.forename: Margaret
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ip
authors.forename: Edmund S C
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Cheuk
authors.forename: Michelle H Y
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Tsui
authors.forename: Fanrong
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kong
authors.forename: T N
authors.initials: TN
authors.lastname: Leung
authors.forename: Gwendolyn L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Gilbert
mesh_terms: D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D012703:Serotyping; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D013292:Streptococcus agalactiae / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D004251:DNA Transposable Elements