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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, March 2009, p. 800-803, Vol. 47, No. 3
0095-1137/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01103-08
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Population Structure of Human Isolates of Streptococcus agalactiae from Dakar and Bangui{triangledown}

Mathieu Brochet,1 Elisabeth Couvé,1 Raymond Bercion,2 Jean-Marie Sire,3,{dagger} and Philippe Glaser1*,{dagger}

Institut Pasteur, Unité de Génétique des Génomes Bactériens, CNRS URA 2171, 28 Rue du Dr Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France,1 Institut Pasteur Bangui, Central African Republic,2 Institut Pasteur Dakar, Senegal3

Received 10 June 2008/ Returned for modification 23 August 2008/ Accepted 17 December 2008

Multilocus sequence types of 163 human Streptococcus agalactiae strains isolated in Bangui and Dakar were analyzed. We identified local specificities in the distribution of sequence types and capsular serotypes. However, the overall population structure is similar to that in the United States and Europe, suggesting that few specific clones colonize humans.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Unité de Génétique des Génomes Bactériens, Institut Pasteur, 28 Rue du Dr Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France. Phone: (33) 1 45 68 89 96. Fax: (33) 1 45 68 87 86. E-mail: pglaser{at}pasteur.fr

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 24 December 2008.

{dagger} J.-M.S. and P.G. contributed equally to this work.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, March 2009, p. 800-803, Vol. 47, No. 3
0095-1137/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01103-08
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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