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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, November 2006, p. 4252-4254, Vol. 44, No. 11
0095-1137/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01533-06
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Identification of a Streptococcus agalactiae Serotype III Subtype 4 Clone in Association with Adult Invasive Disease in Hong Kong{triangledown}

Margaret Ip,1* Edmund S. C. Cheuk,1 Michelle H. Y. Tsui,2 Fanrong Kong,3 T. N. Leung,2 and Gwendolyn L. Gilbert3

Department of Microbiology,1 Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology,2 Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, and Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Laboratory Services, Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, Westmead, NSW, Australia3

Received 25 July 2006/ Returned for modification 13 September 2006/ Accepted 14 September 2006

Characterization of Streptococcus agalactiae serotype III isolates revealed a subtype 4 clone that has an indistinguishable pulsed-field gel electrophoresis pattern and possesses a C-{alpha} protein, IS1381, and a novel sequence type (ST), ST 283, by multilocus sequence tagging. This clone was significantly associated with diseases caused by invasive strains from nonpregnant adults (P ≤ 0.01, chi-square test) and was not present in the genital tracts of pregnant mothers.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Dept of Microbiology, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong. Phone: (852) 2632 1265. Fax: (852) 2647 3227. E-mail: margaretip{at}cuhk.edu.hk.

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 27 September 2006.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, November 2006, p. 4252-4254, Vol. 44, No. 11
0095-1137/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01533-06
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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