Genetic Diversity and Antimicrobial Drug Resistance of Serotype VI Group B Streptococcus, Canada

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Neemuchwala, Alefiya ; Teatero, Sarah ; Liang, Lindsay ; Martin, Irene ; Demzcuk, Walter ; McGeer, Allison ; Fittipaldi, Nahuel
• Description:
  Two genetically dissimilar sequence type 1 clades dominate the serotype VI group B Streptococcus population of strains causing invasive disease in Canada. Isolates of this rare serotype, recovered mainly from adult patients, were all susceptible to penicillin and vancomycin. However, we observed resistance to erythromycin and clindamycin.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Aged Aged, 80 And Over Anti-Bacterial Agents Child Drug Resistance, Bacterial Genetic Variation Genome, Bacterial Humans Microbial Sensitivity Tests Middle Aged Multilocus Sequence Typing Serogroup Streptococcal Infections Streptococcus Agalactiae Young Adult

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 24(10):1941-1942.
• Pubmed ID:
  30226176
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6154151
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Genre:
  Letter
• Place as Subject:
  Canada
• Volume:
  24
• Issue:
  10
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:92aa7fb08bbe669593ad18bf239a772dc64e3c1c7e728659e154355ccfceb9b4
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/59446/cdc_59446_DS1.pdf
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