Genomic Traits Associated with Virulence and Antimicrobial Resistance of Invasive Group B Streptococcus Isolates with Reduced Penicillin Susceptibility from Elderly Adults-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Genomic Traits Associated with Virulence and Antimicrobial Resistance of Invasive Group B Streptococcus Isolates with Reduced Penicillin Susceptibility from Elderly Adults

Published:2022-06-29 Issue:3 Volume:10 Page:
ISSN:2165-0497
Container-title:Microbiology Spectrum
language:en
Short-container-title:Microbiol Spectr

Author:

Koide Shota¹²,Nagano Yukiko³,Takizawa Shino³,Sakaguchi Kanae³,Soga Eiji³,Hayashi Wataru¹^ORCID,Tanabe Mizuki³,Denda Tomohiro³,Kimura Kouji⁴^ORCID,Arakawa Yoshichika⁴,Nagano Noriyuki¹³^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Medical Sciences, Shinshu University Graduate School of Medicine, Science and Technology, Matsumoto, Japan

2. Department of Laboratory Medicine, Nagano Children’s Hospital, Azumino, Japan

3. Department of Health and Medical Sciences, Shinshu University Graduate School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan

4. Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan

Abstract

Streptococcus agalactiae , or group B Streptococcus (GBS), is recognized as the leading cause of neonatal invasive infections. However, an increasing incidence of invasive GBS infections among nonpregnant adults, particularly the elderly and those with underlying diseases, has been observed.

Funder

MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Infectious Diseases,Cell Biology,Microbiology (medical),Genetics,General Immunology and Microbiology,Ecology,Physiology

Link

https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/spectrum.00568-22

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