title: Streptococcus agalactiae serotype Ib as an agent of meningitis in two adult nonpregnant women.
abstract: Two temporally and geographically clustered cases of meningitis caused by Streptococcus agalactiae expressing the infrequent Ib serotype are reported. Characterization by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and multilocus sequence typing revealed that the isolates were identical and represented the widely distributed ST10/ST8 lineage associated with serotype Ib.
authors: Instituto de Microbiologia, Faculdade Medicina Lisboa, Av Prof Egas Moniz, PT 1649-028, Lisboa, Portugal.
authors: E R
authors: ER
authors: Martins
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Florindo
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Martins
authors: I
authors: I
authors: Aldir
authors: M J
authors: MJ
authors: Borrego
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Brum
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Ramirez
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Melo-Cristino
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000382:microbiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012703:Serotyping; D013292:Streptococcus agalactiae / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics