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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, March 2005, p. 1433-1436, Vol. 43, No. 3
0095-1137/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.43.3.1433-1436.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Survey of emm-Like Gene Sequences from Pharyngeal Isolates of Group C and Group G Streptococci Collected in Spain

Sebastián Albertí,1* Cesar García-Rey,2 María Isabel García-Laorden,1 Rafael Dal-Ré,2 Juan García-de-Lomas,3 and the Spanish Surveillance Group for Respiratory Pathogens{dagger}

Institut Universitari d'Investigacions en Ciències de la Salut and Departament de Biologia, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Palma de Mallorca,1 Departamento Médico, GlaxoSmithKline, Tres Cantos,2 Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital Clínico Universitario y Facultad de Medicina, Instituto Valenciano de Microbiología, Valencia, Spain3

Received 30 July 2004/ Returned for modification 15 October 2004/ Accepted 20 October 2004

We conducted a nationwide surveillance of the variable 5' emm-like (M-like protein gene) sequences from 214 pharyngeal group C and group G streptococci. Almost 75% of the isolates exhibited emm or emm-like sequences previously described. We identified six new 5' emm-like regions, and almost 23% of the isolates were nontypeable. Five emm-like sequences accounted for more than 50% of the isolates in group C and group G, suggesting horizontal gene transfer between strains of different species.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Unidad de Investigación, Edificio D, 1a planta, Hospital Universitario Son Dureta, Andrea Doria, 55, Palma de Mallorca 07014, Spain. Phone: 34-971-175334. Fax: 34-971-173184. E-mail: salberti{at}hsd.es.

{dagger} Contributing members of the Spanish Surveillance Group for Respiratory Pathogens are listed in Acknowledgments.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, March 2005, p. 1433-1436, Vol. 43, No. 3
0095-1137/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.43.3.1433-1436.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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