title: Serotype IV Sequence Type 468 Group B Streptococcus Neonatal Invasive Disease, Minnesota, USA.
abstract: To further understand the emergence of serotype IV group B Streptococcus (GBS) invasive disease, we used whole-genome sequencing to characterize 3 sequence type 468 strains isolated from neonates in Minnesota, USA. We found that strains of tetracycline-resistant sequence type 468 GBS have acquired virulence genes from a putative clonal complex 17 GBS donor by recombination.
authors: Sarah
authors: S
authors: Teatero
authors: Patricia
authors: P
authors: Ferrieri
authors: Nahuel
authors: N
authors: Fittipaldi
mesh_terms: D014644:Genetic Variation; D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D023281:Genomics / Q000379:methods; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008910:Minnesota / Q000453:epidemiology; D058885:Multilocus Sequence Typing; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D011995:Recombination, Genetic; D065288:Serogroup; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D013292:Streptococcus agalactiae / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics*; D000073336:Whole Genome Sequencing
keywords: Bacteria; Minnesota,; group B Streptococcus; neonatal invasive disease; recombination; serotype IV; whole-genome sequencing