title: Characterization of invasive and colonizing isolates of Streptococcus agalactiae in East African adults.
abstract: Ninety-five colonizing isolates and 74 invasive isolates of Streptococcus agalactiae from Kenyan adults were characterized by using capsular serotyping and multilocus sequence typing. Twenty-two sequence types clustering into five clonal complexes were found. Data support the view that S. agalactiae isolates belonging to a limited number of clonal complexes are invasive in adults worldwide.
authors.affiliation: Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute and University of Basel, Department of Medical Parasitology and Infection Biology, Socinstrasse 57, 4002 Basel, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Charlotte A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Huber
authors.forename: Francis
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: McOdimba
authors.forename: Valentin
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Pflueger
authors.forename: Claudia A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Daubenberger
authors.forename: Gunturu
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Revathi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007630:Kenya / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology; D058889:Molecular Typing; D058885:Multilocus Sequence Typing; D011247:Pregnancy; D012703:Serotyping; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D013292:Streptococcus agalactiae / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*