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Comparison of a 3-set genotyping system with multilocus sequence typing for Streptococcus agalactiae (Group B Streptococcus).

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:Group B streptococcus (GBS; Streptococcus agalactiae) is the most common cause of neonatal and obstetric sepsis and is an increasingly important cause of septicemia in elderly individuals and immunocompromised patients. Epidemiological studies of GBS infections require comprehensive typing systems that provide information about variable characteristics, such as antigenic type, virulence, or antibiotic resistance, as well as the "backbone" structure or the genetic lineage of isolates. We have previously described a 3-set genotyping system that identifies the molecular serotype (MS) or molecular serosubtype (msst), the protein gene profile, and the presence of several mobile genetic elements (F. Kong, D. Martin, G. James, and G. L. Gilbert, J. Med. Microbiol. 52:337-344, 2003). In this study, 83 clinical GBS isolates which had been previously studied by multilocus sequence typing (MLST) (N. Jones, J. F. Bohnsack, S. Takahashi, K. A. Oliver, M. S. Chan, F. Kunst, P. Glaser, C. Rusniok, D. W. Crook, R. M. Harding, N. Bisharat, and B. G. Spratt, J. Clin. Microbiol. 41:2530-2536, 2003) were examined by using the 3-set genotyping system. Genotypes were assigned to five isolates that were nontypeable by conventional serotyping. There were 27 "3-set" genotypes, 24 multilocus sequence types (STs), and 35 unique combinations (or strains), of which the 4 most common, msst III-2 (ST-17), msst III-1 (ST-19), Ia-1 (ST-23), and V-1 (ST-1), accounted for more than 60% of isolates. The 83 isolates were grouped into seven clusters, with a good correlation between the multilocus STs and the genotypes. The combination of 3-set genotyping and MLST adds discriminatory power to strain typing of GBS, which will be useful for future studies of the epidemiology and pathogenesis of GBS disease.

journal_name

J Clin Microbiol

journal_title

Journal of clinical microbiology

authors

Sun Y,Kong F,Zhao Z,Gilbert GL

doi

10.1128/JCM.43.9.4704-4707.2005

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Has Abstract

pub_date

2005-09-01 00:00:00

pages

4704-7

issue

eissn

0095-1137

issn

1098-660X

pii

43/9/4704

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Comparison of a 3-set genotyping system with multilocus sequence typing for Streptococcus agalactiae (Group B Streptococcus).