Genetic diversity and antimicrobial resistance  in Streptococcus agalactiae strains recovered from female carriers in the Bucharest area

Genetic diversity and antimicrobial resistance  in Streptococcus agalactiae strains recovered from female carriers in the Bucharest area

For the first time, we used multilocus sequence typing (MLST) to understand how Romanian group B streptococcus (GBS) strains fit into the global GBS population structure. Colonising isolates recovered from adult human females were tested for antibiotic resistance, were molecularly serotyped based on...

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Main Authors: Codru?a-Romani?a Usein, M?d?lina Militaru, Violeta Cristea, Monica Str?u?
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2014-04-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Subjects:
Streptococcus agalactiae
MLST
fluoroquinolone resistance
pilus islands
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762014000200189&lng=en&tlng=en

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