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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, January 2002, p. 278-280, Vol. 40, No. 1
0095-1137/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.1.278-280.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Molecular Characterization of Group A Streptococcus Strains Isolated during a Scarlet Fever Outbreak

Luis M. Perea-Mejía, Alma E. Inzunza-Montiel, and Alejandro Cravioto*

Departamento de Salud Pública, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, D.F. México, 04510, Mexico

Received 23 July 2001/ Returned for modification 30 August 2001/ Accepted 15 October 2001

Forty group A streptococcus (GAS) isolates, recovered during a scarlet fever outbreak, were grouped based on their DdeI restriction profiles from emm amplicons. Twenty-seven isolates were identified by sequencing as emm2. The emm2 isolates showed the speA1, speB1, and speC1 alleles. Isolation of this GAS type from scarlet fever outbreaks is uncommon.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Departamento de Salud Pública, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán, A.P.70-443, México, D.F. 04510, Mexico. Phone: (525) 616-1162. Fax: (525) 616-1616. E-mail: acq{at}servidor.unam.mx.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, January 2002, p. 278-280, Vol. 40, No. 1
0095-1137/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.1.278-280.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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