title: Surveillance of severe invasive group G streptococcal infections in Japan during 2002-2008.
abstract: Group G Streptococcus strains isolated from patients with severe invasive infections in the period 2002-2008 were surveyed and their prevalence compared with that observed in the period 1995-2001 in Japan. Strains with genotypes stg485, stg6792, stc36, stg6, and stg652 were isolated in both periods, whereas various new genotypes appeared in 2002-2008 and some genotypes found in 1995-2001 were not found subsequently, thus indicating a change in the prevalent genotyped strains causing severe invasive streptococcal infections.
authors.affiliation: Department of Bacteriology I, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo 162-8640, Japan. tdikebe@nih.go.jp
authors.forename: Tadayoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ikebe
authors.forename: Yuuko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Oguro
authors.forename: Kikuyo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ogata
authors.forename: Chihiro
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Katsukawa
authors.forename: Junko
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Isobe
authors.forename: Tomoko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shima
authors.forename: Rieko
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Hitomi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ohya
authors.forename: Kiyoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tominaga
authors.forename: Rumi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Okuno
authors.forename: Yumi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Uchitani
authors.forename: Yuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tada
authors.forename: Nobuhiko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Okabe
authors.forename: Haruo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Watanabe
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D004917:Erythromycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D013291:Streptococcus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D004917:Erythromycin