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SUBMITTER: Teatero S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5088005 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Teatero Sarah S Ferrieri Patricia P Fittipaldi Nahuel N
Emerging infectious diseases 20161101 11
To further understand the emergence of serotype IV group B Streptococcus (GBS) invasive disease, we used whole-genome sequencing to characterize 3 sequence type 468 strains isolated from neonates in Minnesota, USA. We found that strains of tetracycline-resistant sequence type 468 GBS have acquired virulence genes from a putative clonal complex 17 GBS donor by recombination. ...[more]