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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, February 2005, p. 933-937, Vol. 43, No. 2
0095-1137/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.43.2.933-937.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Identification and Characterization of Sporadic Isolates of Streptococcus iniae Isolated from Humans

Richard Facklam,1* John Elliott,1 Lynn Shewmaker,1 and Art Reingold2

Streptococcus Laboratory, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia,1 School of Public Health, University California, Berkeley, California2

Received 18 August 2004/ Returned for modification 3 October 2004/ Accepted 17 October 2004

Seven reference strains and seven clinical isolates of Streptococcus iniae, submitted to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Streptococcus Reference Laboratory between 2001 and 2004, were successfully identified by a conventional identification system. The seven randomly submitted clinical isolates were sensitive to ß-lactams, macrolides, quinolones, and vancomycin. Two of the seven clinical isolates were resistant to tetracycline. All seven strains grew well and multiplied in a phagocytosis assay. One of the seven randomly submitted strains was more similar to the type strain of S. iniae than to the other six strains. The latter six strains were similar if not identical to representative strains from a cluster of disease in Canada (M. R. Weinstein et al., N. Engl. J. Med. 337:589-594, 1997).

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Streptococcus Laboratory, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333. Phone: (404) 639-0856. Fax: (404) 639-3123. E-mail: rrf2{at}cdc.gov.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, February 2005, p. 933-937, Vol. 43, No. 2
0095-1137/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.43.2.933-937.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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