Concepedia

Genetic Diversity and Antimicrobial Resistance in Group B<i>Streptococcus</i>Colonizing Young, Nonpregnant Women

Shannon D. Manning, Katherine Schaeffer, A. Cody Springman, Erica Lehotzky, Maggi A. Lewis, Lindsey Ouellette, Guangxi Wu, GLYNDA MOORER, Thomas S. Whittam, H. Dele Davies

Clinical Infectious Diseases · 2008 · 19 citations · 12 references

DOIFull text

Open access

Concepts

Abstract

The genetic diversity of group B Streptococcus in young, nonpregnant women is not well studied. Application of multilocus sequence analysis to 85 group B Streptococcus strains recovered from college students revealed similarities and differences in distribution of group B Streptococcus lineages, compared with that of previously studied pregnant populations, and revealed that strains of 1 clone were associated with antibiotic resistance.

References

12

Serotype Distribution of Invasive Group B Streptococcal Isolates in Maryland: Implications for Vaccine Formulation

Lee H. Harrison, John A. Elliott, Diane M. Dwyer et al. · The Journal of Infectious Diseases · 1998 · 211 citations · Full text

, , +14

Invasive Disease Due to Group B Streptococcus in Pregnant Women and Neonates from Diverse Population Groups

Dori F. Zaleznik, Marcia A. Rench, Sharon L. Hillier et al. · Clinical Infectious Diseases · 2000 · 199 citations · Full text

, , +17

Multilocus Sequence Typing of Swedish Invasive Group B Streptococcus Isolates Indicates a Neonatally Associated Genetic Lineage and Capsule Switching

Shi‐Lu Luan, Margareta Granlund, Mats Sellin et al. · Journal of Clinical Microbiology · 2005 · 176 citations · Full text

, , +15

Molecular Epidemiology and Distribution of Serotypes, Surface Proteins, and Antibiotic Resistance among Group B Streptococci in Italy

Giovanni Gherardi, Monica Imperi, Lucilla Baldassarri et al. · Journal of Clinical Microbiology · 2007 · 143 citations · Full text

, , +16

Antibodies to Capsular Polysaccharides of Group B<i>Streptococcus</i>in Pregnant Canadian Women: Relationship to Colonization Status and Infection in the Neonate

H. Dele Davies, Carol E. Adair, Allison McGeer et al. · The Journal of Infectious Diseases · 2001 · 107 citations · Full text

, , +15