title: Distribution of emm types and genetic characterization of the mgc locus in group G Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis from a hospital in northern Taiwan.
abstract: A total of 274 Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis isolates was analyzed by emm typing and by determining the organization of their mgrC loci. Three of the most frequent emm types were stG485.0 (45/274, 16.4%), stG6.1 (43/274, 15.7%), and stC839.0 (32/274, 11.7%), in decreasing order. The cpdB-positive mgrC locus appears to be predominant in some emm types.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences and Medical Biotechnology, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, 1 Chang-Te Street, Taipei 100, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Sung-Pin
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Tseng
authors.forename: Yu-Yin
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Jui-Chang
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Tsai
authors.forename: Po-Ren
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Hsueh
authors.forename: Hsiao-Jan
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Wei-Chun
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Hung
authors.forename: Lee-Jene
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Teng
mesh_terms: D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D023061:Gene Order; D005838:Genotype; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D013291:Streptococcus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013624:Taiwan
chemical_list: D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; C014689:streptococcal M protein