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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, November 2007, p. 3850-3852, Vol. 45, No. 11
0095-1137/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01358-07
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

CASE REPORTS

Streptococcus agalactiae Serotype Ib as an Agent of Meningitis in Two Adult Nonpregnant Women{triangledown}

E. R. Martins,1,{dagger} C. Florindo,2,{dagger} F. Martins,3 I. Aldir,3 M. J. Borrego,2 L. Brum,2 M. Ramirez,1* and J. Melo-Cristino1

Instituto de Microbiologia, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal,1 Instituto Nacional de Saúde Dr. Ricardo Jorge, Lisboa, Portugal,2 Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Ocidental, Lisboa, Portugal3

Received 6 July 2007/ Returned for modification 30 August 2007/ Accepted 10 September 2007

Two temporally and geographically clustered cases of meningitis caused by Streptococcus agalactiae expressing the infrequent Ib serotype are reported. Characterization by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and multilocus sequence typing revealed that the isolates were identical and represented the widely distributed ST10/ST8 lineage associated with serotype Ib.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Instituto de Microbiologia, Faculdade Medicina Lisboa, Av. Prof. Egas Moniz, PT 1649-028 Lisboa, Portugal. Phone: 351-21 799 9460. Fax: 351-21 799 9459. E-mail: ramirez{at}fm.ul.pt

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 19 September 2008.

{dagger} E.R.M. and C.F. contributed equally to this work.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, November 2007, p. 3850-3852, Vol. 45, No. 11
0095-1137/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01358-07
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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