Characterization of invasive and colonizing isolates of Streptococcus agalactiae in East African adults.
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Ninety-five colonizing isolates and 74 invasive isolates of Streptococcus agalactiae from Kenyan adults were characterized by using capsular serotyping and multilocus sequence typing. Twenty-two sequence types clustering into five clonal complexes were found. Data support the view that S. agalactiae isolates belonging to a limited number of clonal complexes are invasive in adults worldwide.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of clinical microbiology
دوره 49 10 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2011