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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 2001, p. 4526-4528, Vol. 39, No. 12
0095-1137/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.12.4526-4528.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Clonal Relationship between U.S. and French Serotype V Group B Streptococcus Isolates

Isabelle Le Thomas-Bories,1 Frederic Fitoussi,1 Patricia Mariani-Kurkdjian,1 Josette Raymond,2 Naima Brahimi,1 Philippe Bidet,1 Valerie Lefranc,1 and Edouard Bingen1,*

Service de Microbiologie, Hôpital Robert Debré, 75019 Paris,1 and Service de Bactériologie, Hôpital Saint Vincent de Paul, 75014 Paris,2 France

Received 9 April 2001/Returned for modification 22 June 2001/Accepted 21 August 2001

We examined the genetic diversity of serotype V group B streptococcus (GBS) isolates in the Paris area and compared them with the predominant American serotype V clone. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis yielded 11 patterns for 64 French GBS. One pattern was obtained with 60% of the isolates tested and was indistinguishable from that of the predominant American clone.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Service de Microbiologie, Hôpital R. Debré, 48 Bd Sérurier, 75019 Paris, France. Phone: 33 (1) 40 03 23 40. Fax: 33 (1) 40 03 24 50. E-mail: edouard.bingen{at}rdb.ap-hop-paris.fr.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 2001, p. 4526-4528, Vol. 39, No. 12
0095-1137/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.12.4526-4528.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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