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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, September 2003, p. 4442-4444, Vol. 41, No. 9
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.9.4442-4444.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Emergence of Invasive Serotype VIII Group B Streptococcal Infections in Denmark

Kim Ekelund,1* Hans-Christian Slotved,2 Hans Ulrik Nielsen,3 Margit S. Kaltoft,1 and Helle B. Konradsen1

Streptococcus Unit,1 Production Unit, Department of Respiratory Diseases, Meningitis and STIs,2 Department of Antimicrobial Resistance and Hospitals Hygiene, Microbiology and Diagnostics, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark3

Received 5 March 2003/ Returned for modification 7 April 2003/ Accepted 25 June 2003

Serotype VIII group B streptococcus has only rarely been described outside Japan. The Streptococcus Unit, Statens Serum Institut, performed national surveillance of invasive group B streptococcal (GBS) diseases in Denmark in 1999 to 2002 and identified seven clinical GBS isolates of serotype VIII in blood from seven patients admitted to different hospitals.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Streptococcus Unit, Department of Respiratory Diseases, Meningitis and STIs, Statens Serum Institut, Artillerivej 5, DK-2300 Copenhagen S., Denmark. Phone: 45 3268 3158. Fax: 45 3268 3862. E-mail: kej{at}ssi.dk.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, September 2003, p. 4442-4444, Vol. 41, No. 9
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.9.4442-4444.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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