Characterization of Invasive and Colonizing Isolates of Streptococcus agalactiae in East African Adults

Author:

Huber Charlotte A.1,McOdimba Francis2,Pflueger Valentin3,Daubenberger Claudia A.1,Revathi Gunturu2

Affiliation:

1. Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute and University of Basel, Department of Medical Parasitology and Infection Biology, Socinstrasse 57, 4002 Basel, Switzerland

2. Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, 3rd Parklands Avenue, P.O. Box 30270-00100, Nairobi, Kenya

3. Mabritec SA, Lörracherstrasse 50, P.O. Box 320, 4125 Riehen, Switzerland

Abstract

ABSTRACT 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.

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Microbiology (medical)

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