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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, November 1999, p. 3759-3760, Vol. 37, No. 11
0095-1137/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

A Serotype VIII Strain among Colonizing Group B Streptococcal Isolates in Boston, Massachusetts

Leanne J. Paoletti,1 Jessica Bradford,2 and Lawrence C. Paoletti2,3,*

Clinical Microbiology Department1 and Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine,2 Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Harvard Medical School,3 Boston, Massachusetts

Received 24 June 1999/Returned for modification 22 July 1999/Accepted 16 August 1999

Maternal colonization with group B Streptococcus (GBS) is a risk factor for neonatal GBS disease. Whereas serotypes Ia, Ib, II, III, and V are prevalent in the United States, types VI and VIII predominate in Japan. Recently, a serotype VIII strain was detected among 114 clinical GBS isolates from a Boston, Mass., hospital.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Channing Laboratory, 181 Longwood Ave., Boston, MA 02115. Phone: (617) 525-2678. Fax: (617) 731-1541. E-mail: lpaoletti{at}channing.harvard.edu.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, November 1999, p. 3759-3760, Vol. 37, No. 11
0095-1137/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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