Streptococcus agalactiae serotype Ib as an agent of meningitis in two adult nonpregnant women.
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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.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of clinical microbiology
دوره 45 11 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2007