Genomic analysis reveals multi-drug resistance clusters in Group B Streptococcus CC17 hypervirulent isolates causing neonatal invasive disease in southern mainland China

Genomic analysis reveals multi-drug resistance clusters in Group B Streptococcus CC17 hypervirulent isolates causing neonatal invasive disease in southern mainland China

Neonatal invasive disease caused by group B Streptococcus (GBS) represents a significant public health care concern globally. However, data related to disease burden, serotype distribution and molecular epidemiology in China and other Asian countries are very few and specifically relative to confine...

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Main Authors: Edmondo Campisi, Roberto Rosini, Wenjing Ji, Silvia Guidotti, Maricarmen Rojas-Lopez, Guozhu Geng, Qiulian Deng, Huamin Zhong, Weidong Wang, Haiying Liu, Cassandra Nan, Immaculada Margarit, C. Daniela Rinaudo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
Streptococcus agalactiae
antimicrobial resistance
resistome
Clonal complex (CC)
Whole-genome sequencing (WGS)
Sequence type (ST)
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2016.01265/full

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