Human Streptococcus agalactiae isolate in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus).
Streptococcus agalactiae, the Lancefield group B streptococcus (GBS) long recognized as a mammalian pathogen, is an emerging concern with regard to fish. We show that a GBS serotype Ia multilocus sequence type ST-7 isolate from a clinical case of human neonatal meningitis caused disease and death in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus).
Evans
Joyce J
JJ
US Department of Agriculture, Chestertown, Maryland 21620, USA. joyce.evans@ars.usda.gov
Klesius
Phillip H
PH
Pasnik
David J
DJ
Bohnsack
John F
JF
D000818:Animals; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D015169:Colony Count, Microbial; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000382:microbiology / Q000401:mortality* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000635:transmission; D012703:Serotyping; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary*; D013292:Streptococcus agalactiae / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D017210:Tilapia / Q000382:microbiology*; D014774:Virulence