Genetic diversity and antimicrobial resistance in group B streptococcus colonizing young, nonpregnant women.
The genetic diversity of group B Streptococcus in young, nonpregnant women is not well studied. Application of multilocus sequence analysis to 85 group B Streptococcus strains recovered from college students revealed similarities and differences in distribution of group B Streptococcus lineages, compared with that of previously studied pregnant populations, and revealed that strains of 1 clone were associated with antibiotic resistance.
Microbial Evolution Laboratory, National Food Safety and Toxicology Center, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.
Shannon D
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Manning
Katherine E
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Schaeffer
A Cody
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Springman
Erica
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Lehotzky
Maggi A
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Lewis
Lindsey M
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Ouellette
Guangxi
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Wu
Glynda M
GM
Moorer
Thomas S
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Whittam
H Dele
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Davies
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002353:Carrier State / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D008824:Michigan / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D012007:Rectum / Q000382:microbiology; D013292:Streptococcus agalactiae / Q000145:classification / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics*; D014621:Vagina / Q000382:microbiology; D044465:White People