Recent publications using MLST in Streptococcus research

The following is a list of recent publications that use or mention MLST in research on Streptococcus. The list is generated automatically and includes references published in the last two years.

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List generated: 2013-05-23.

• O Sullivan MV, Sintchenko V, Gilbert GL. Software for selecting the most informative sets of genomic loci for multi-target microbial typing. BMC Bioinformatics 2013, 14:148
• Ferrieri P, Lynfield R, Creti R, Flores AE. Serotype IV and Invasive Group B Streptococcus Disease in Neonates, Minnesota, USA, 2000-2010(1.). Emerg Infect Dis 2013, 19:551-8
• Lee S, Kim SH, Park M, Bae S. High prevalence of multiresistance in levofloxacin-nonsusceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates in Korea. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 2013, [Epub ahead of print]:
• Rasmussen CD, Haugaard MM, Petersen MR, Nielsen JM, Pedersen HG, Bojesen AM. Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus isolates from equine infectious endometritis belong to a distinct genetic group. Vet Res 2013, 44:26
• Ma X, Yao KH, Xie GL, Zheng YJ, Wang CQ, Shang YX, Wang HY, Wan LY, Liu L, Li CC, Ji W, Xu XW, Wang YT, Xu PR, Yu SJ, Yang YH. Characterization of erythromycin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates causing invasive diseases in Chinese children. Chin Med J (Engl) 2013, 126:1522-1527
• Moschioni M, Lo Sapio M, Crisafulli G, Torricelli G, Guidotti S, Muzzi A, Barocchi MA, Donati C. Sequence Analysis of 96 Genomic Regions Identifies Distinct Evolutionary Lineages within CC156, the Largest Streptococcus pneumoniae Clonal Complex in the MLST Database. PLoS One 2013, 8:e61003
• van der Linden M, Winkel N, Küntzel S, Farkas A, Perniciaro SR, Reinert RR, Imöhl M. Epidemiology of Streptococcus pneumoniae Serogroup 6 Isolates from IPD in Children and Adults in Germany. PLoS One 2013, 8:e60848
• Marimon JM, Ercibengoa M, García-Arenzana JM, Alonso M, Pérez-Trallero E. Streptococcus pneumoniae ocular infections, prominent role of unencapsulated isolates in conjunctivitis. Clin Microbiol Infect 2013, [Epub ahead of print]:
• Lapirattanakul J, Nomura R, Nemoto H, Naka S, Ooshima T, Nakano K. Multilocus sequence typing of Streptococcus mutans strains with the cbm gene encoding a novel collagen-binding protein. Arch Oral Biol 2013, [Epub ahead of print]:
• Rolo D, S Simões A, Domenech A, Fenoll A, Liñares J, de Lencastre H, Ardanuy C, Sá-Leão R. Disease Isolates of Streptococcus pseudopneumoniae and Non-Typeable S. pneumoniae Presumptively Identified as Atypical S. pneumoniae in Spain. PLoS One 2013, 8:e57047
• Vangay P, Fugett EB, Sun Q, Wiedmann M. Food microbe tracker: a web-based tool for storage and comparison of food-associated microbes. J Food Prot 2013, 76:283-94
• Massenet D, Birguel J, Azowé F, Ebong C, Gake B, Lombart JP, Boisier P. Epidemiologic pattern of meningococcal meningitis in northern Cameroon in 2007-2010: contribution of PCR-enhanced surveillance. Pathog Glob Health 2013, 107:15-20
• Delannoy CM, Crumlish M, Fontaine MC, Pollock J, Foster G, Dagleish M, Turnbull JF, Zadoks RN. Human Streptococcus agalactiae strains in aquatic mammals and fish. BMC Microbiol 2013, 13:41
• Shariff M, Choudhary J, Zahoor S, Deb M. Characterization of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates from India with special reference to their sequence types. J Infect Dev Ctries 2013, 7:101-9
• Hulten KG, Kaplan SL, Lamberth LB, Barson WJ, Romero JR, Lin PL, Bradley JS, Givner LB, Tan TQ, Hoffman JA, Mason EO. Changes in Streptococcus pneumoniae Serotype 19A Invasive Infections in Children from 1993 to 2011. J Clin Microbiol 2013, 51:1294-7
• Pinho MD, Matos SC, Pomba C, Lübke-Becker A, Wieler LH, Preziuso S, Melo-Cristino J, Ramirez M. Multilocus Sequence Analysis of Streptococcus canis Confirms the Zoonotic Origin of Human Infections and Reveals Genetic Exchange with Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis. J Clin Microbiol 2013, 51:1099-109
• Donkor ES, Adegbola RA, Wren BW, Antonio M. Population Biology of Streptococcus pneumoniae in West Africa: Multilocus Sequence Typing of Serotypes That Exhibit Different Predisposition to Invasive Disease and Carriage. PLoS One 2013, 8:e53925
• Ikryannikova LN, Filimonova AV, Malakhova MV, Savinova T, Filimonova O, Ilina EN, Dubovickaya VA, Sidorenko SV, Govorun VM. Discrimination between Streptococcus pneumoniae and Streptococcus mitis based on sorting of their MALDI mass spectra. Clin Microbiol Infect 2012, [Epub ahead of print]:
• Chen L, Song Y, Wei Z, He H, Zhang A, Jin M. Antimicrobial Susceptibility, Tetracycline and Erythromycin Resistance Genes, and Multilocus Sequence Typing of Streptococcus suis Isolates from Diseased Pigs in China. J Vet Med Sci 2012, [Epub ahead of print]:
• Pichon B, Ladhani SN, Slack MP, Segonds-Pichon A, Andrews NJ, Waight PA, Miller E, George R. Changes in Molecular Epidemiology of Streptococcus pneumoniae Causing Meningitis following Introduction of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccination in England and Wales. J Clin Microbiol 2013, 51:820-7
• Martins ER, Andreu A, Melo-Cristino J, Ramirez M. Distribution of Pilus Islands in Streptococcus agalactiae That Cause Human Infections: Insights into Evolution and Implication for Vaccine Development. Clin Vaccine Immunol 2013, 20:313-6
• Richards VP, Zadoks RN, Bitar PD, Lefébure T, Lang P, Werner B, Tikofsky L, Moroni P, Stanhope MJ. Genome characterization and population genetic structure of the zoonotic pathogen, Streptococcus canis. BMC Microbiol 2012, 12:293
• Brzychczy-Włoch M, Gosiewski T, Pawlik D, Szumała-Kakol A, Samead A, Heczko PB. [Occurrence of the hypervirulent ST-17 clone of Streptococcus agalactiae in pregnant women and newborns]. Przegl Epidemiol 2012, 66:395-401
• Wang K, Zhang W, Li X, Lu C, Chen J, Fan W, Huang B. Characterization of Streptococcus suis Isolates from Slaughter Swine. Curr Microbiol 2013, 66:344-9
• Jensen A, Hoshino T, Kilian M. Taxonomy of the Anginosus group of the genus Streptococcus and description of Streptococcus anginosus subsp. whileyi subsp. nov. and Streptococcus constellatus subsp. viborgensis subsp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012, [Epub ahead of print]:
• Obszańska K, Borek AL, Hryniewicz W, Sitkiewicz I. Multiple locus VNTR fingerprinting (MLVF) of Streptococcus pyogenes. Virulence 2012, 3:539-42
• Trappetti C, van der Maten E, Amin Z, Potter AJ, Chen AY, van Mourik PM, Lawrence AJ, Paton AW, Paton JC. Site of Isolation Determines Biofilm Formation and Virulence Phenotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae Serotype 3 Clinical Isolates. Infect Immun 2013, 81:505-13
• Gilchrist TL, Smith DG, Fitzpatrick JL, Zadoks RN, Fontaine MC. Comparative molecular analysis of ovine and bovine Streptococcus uberis isolates. J Dairy Sci 2013, 96:962-70
• Iwata A, Matsubara K, Nigami H, Uchida Y, Kimura K, Arakawa Y, Aoyagi Y, Takahashi S. [Ultra-late onset group B streptococcal disease--a report of two cases]. Kansenshogaku Zasshi 2012, 86:604-7
• Momeni SS, Whiddon J, Moser SA, Cheon K, Ruby JD, Childers NK. Comparative genotyping of Streptococcus mutans by repetitive extragenic palindromic polymerase chain reaction and multilocus sequence typing. Mol Oral Microbiol 2013, 28:18-27
• Poulsen LL, Bisgaard M, Son NT, Trung NV, An HM, Dalsgaard A. Enterococcus and Streptococcus spp. associated with chronic and self-medicated urinary tract infections in Vietnam. BMC Infect Dis 2012, 12:320
• Wyres KL, Lambertsen LM, Croucher NJ, McGee L, von Gottberg A, Liñares J, Jacobs MR, Kristinsson KG, Beall BW, Klugman KP, Parkhill J, Hakenbeck R, Bentley SD, Brueggemann AB. Pneumococcal capsular switching: a historical perspective. J Infect Dis 2013, 207:439-49
• Donkor ES, Stabler RA, Hinds J, Adegbola RA, Antonio M, Wren BW. Comparative phylogenomics of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolated from invasive disease and nasopharyngeal carriage from West Africans. BMC Genomics 2012, 13:569
• dHumières C, Cohen R, Levy C, Bidet P, Thollot F, Wollner A, Bingen E. Decline in macrolide-resistant Streptococcus pyogenes isolates from French children. Int J Med Microbiol 2012, 302:300-3
• van Cuyck H, Pichon B, Leroy P, Granger-Farbos A, Underwood A, Soullié B, Koeck JL. Multiple-Locus Variable-Number Tandem-Repeat Analysis of Streptococcus pneumoniae And Comparison with Multiple Loci Sequence Typing. BMC Microbiol 2012, 12:241
• Domenech A, Ardanuy C, Balsalobre L, Marti S, Calatayud L, De la Campa AG, Brueggemann AB, Liñares J. Pneumococci can persistently colonize adult patients with chronic respiratory disease. J Clin Microbiol 2012, 50:4047-53
• Bisgaard M, Bojesen AM, Petersen MR, Christensen H. A major outbreak of Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus infections in free-range chickens is linked to horses. Avian Dis 2012, 56:561-6
• Singh P, Springman AC, Davies HD, Manning SD. Whole-Genome Shotgun Sequencing of a Colonizing Multilocus Sequence Type 17 Streptococcus agalactiae Strain. J Bacteriol 2012, 194:6005
• Zhou L, Ma X, Gao W, Yao KH, Shen AD, Yu SJ, Yang YH. Molecular characteristics of erythromycin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae from pediatric patients younger than five years in Beijing, 2010. BMC Microbiol 2012, 12:228
• Crisafulli G, Guidotti S, Muzzi A, Torricelli G, Moschioni M, Masignani V, Censini S, Donati C. An extended multi-locus molecular typing schema for Streptococcus pneumoniae demonstrates that a limited number of capsular switch events is responsible for serotype heterogeneity of closely related strains from different countries. Infect Genet Evol 2012, 13C:151-161
• Jourdain S, Drèze PA, Verhaegen J, Van Melderen L, Smeesters PR. Carriage-Associated Streptocccus pneumoniae Serotype 1 in Brussels, Belgium. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2013, 32:86-7
• Bellais S, Six A, Fouet A, Longo M, Dmytruk N, Glaser P, Trieu-Cuot P, Poyart C. Capsular Switching in Group B Streptococcus CC17 Hypervirulent Clone: A Future Challenge for Polysaccharide Vaccine Development. J Infect Dis 2012, 206:1745-52
• Rato MG, Bexiga R, Florindo C, Cavaco LM, Vilela CL, Santos-Sanches I. Antimicrobial resistance and molecular epidemiology of streptococci from bovine mastitis. Vet Microbiol 2013, 161:286-94
• Friães A, Pinto FR, Silva-Costa C, Ramirez M, Melo-Cristino J. Superantigen gene complement of Streptococcus pyogenes-relationship with other typing methods and short-term stability. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2013, 32:115-25
• Ardanuy C, Marimón JM, Calatayud L, Giménez M, Alonso M, Grau I, Pallarés R, Pérez-Trallero E, Liñares J. Epidemiology of invasive pneumococcal disease in older people in Spain (2007-2009): implications for future vaccination strategies. PLoS One 2012, 7:e43619
• Esberg A, Löfgren-Burström A, Ohman U, Strömberg N. Host and Bacterial Phenotype Variation in Adhesion of Streptococcus mutans to Matched Human Hosts. Infect Immun 2012, 80:3869-79
• Parks DH, Beiko RG. Measuring community similarity with phylogenetic networks. Mol Biol Evol 2012, 29:3947-58
• Onishi H, Sugawara M, Okura M, Osaki M, Takamatsu D. Prevalence of Streptococcus suis Genotypes in Isolates from Porcine Endocarditis in East Japan. J Vet Med Sci 2012, 74:1681-4
• Porat N, Benisty R, Trefler R, Givon-Lavi N, Dagan R. Clonal Distribution of Common Pneumococcal Serotypes Not Included in the 7-Valent Conjugate Vaccine (PCV7): Marked Differences between Two Ethnic Populations in Southern Israel. J Clin Microbiol 2012, 50:3472-7
• Boers SA, van der Reijden WA, Jansen R. High-throughput multilocus sequence typing: bringing molecular typing to the next level. PLoS One 2012, 7:e39630
• Habets MG, Rozen DE, Brockhurst MA. Variation in Streptococcus pneumoniae susceptibility to human antimicrobial peptides may mediate intraspecific competition. Proc Biol Sci 2012, 279:3803-11
• Skoczyńska A, Sadowy E, Krawiecka D, Czajkowska-Malinowska M, Ciesielska A, Przybylski G, Zebracka R, Hryniewicz W. Nosocomial outbreak of Streptococcus pneumoniae Spain9V‑ST156‑14 clone in a pulmonary diseases ward. Pol Arch Med Wewn 2012, 122:361-6
• Yildirim I, Stevenson A, Hsu KK, Pelton SI. Evolving picture of invasive pneumococcal disease in massachusetts children: a comparison of disease in 2007-2009 with earlier periods. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2012, 31:1016-21
• Oguntoyinbo FA, Narbad A. Molecular characterization of lactic acid bacteria and in situ amylase expression during traditional fermentation of cereal foods. Food Microbiol 2012, 31:254-62
• Verner-Jeffreys DW, Baker-Austin C, Pond MJ, Rimmer GS, Kerr R, Stone D, Griffin R, White P, Stinton N, Denham K, Leigh J, Jones N, Longshaw M, Feist SW. Zoonotic disease pathogens in fish used for pedicure. Emerg Infect Dis 2012, 18:1006-8
• Shome BR, Bhuvana M, Mitra SD, Krithiga N, Shome R, Velu D, Banerjee A, Barbuddhe SB, Prabhudas K, Rahman H. Molecular characterization of Streptococcus agalactiae and Streptococcus uberis isolates from bovine milk. Trop Anim Health Prod 2012, 44:1981-92
• Francisco AP, Vaz C, Monteiro PT, Melo-Cristino J, Ramirez M, Carriço JA. PHYLOViZ: phylogenetic inference and data visualization for sequence based typing methods. BMC Bioinformatics 2012, 13:87
• Schultsz C, Jansen E, Keijzers W, Rothkamp A, Duim B, Wagenaar JA, van der Ende A. Differences in the Population Structure of Invasive Streptococcus suis Strains Isolated from Pigs and from Humans in the Netherlands. PLoS One 2012, 7:e33854
• Scott JR, Hinds J, Gould KA, Millar EV, Reid R, Santosham M, OBrien KL, Hanage WP. Nontypeable pneumococcal isolates among navajo and white mountain apache communities: are these really a cause of invasive disease? J Infect Dis 2012, 206:73-80
• Park IH, Kim KH, Andrade AL, Briles DE, McDaniel LS, Nahm MH. Nontypeable Pneumococci Can Be Divided into Multiple cps Types, Including One Type Expressing the Novel Gene pspK. MBio 2012, 3:
• Elberse KE, van der Heide HG, Witteveen S, van de Pol I, Schot CS, van der Ende A, Berbers GA, Schouls LM. Changes in the composition of the pneumococcal population and in IPD incidence in The Netherlands after the implementation of the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine. Vaccine 2012, 30:7644-51
• Tyrrell GJ, Lovgren M, Ibrahim Q, Garg S, Chui L, Boone TJ, Mangan C, Patrick DM, Hoang L, Horsman GB, Van Caeseele P, Marrie TJ. Epidemic of invasive pneumococcal disease, Western Canada, 2005-2009. Emerg Infect Dis 2012, 18:733-40
• Chalker VJ, Waller A, Webb K, Spearing E, Crosse P, Brownlie J, Erles K. Genetic Diversity of Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus and Doxycycline Resistance in Kennelled Dogs. J Clin Microbiol 2012, 50:2134-6
• Scholz CF, Poulsen K, Kilian M. Novel Molecular Method for Identification of Streptococcus pneumoniae Applicable to Clinical Microbiology and 16S rRNA Sequence-Based Microbiome Studies. J Clin Microbiol 2012, 50:1968-73
• Massire C, Gertz RE, Svoboda P, Levert K, Reed MS, Pohl J, Kreft R, Li F, White N, Ranken R, Blyn LB, Ecker DJ, Sampath R, Beall B. Concurrent serotyping and genotyping of pneumococci by use of PCR and electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. J Clin Microbiol 2012, 50:2018-25
• Ercibengoa M, Arostegi N, Marimon JM, Alonso M, Perez-Trallero E. Dynamics of pneumococcal nasopharyngeal carriage in healthy children attending a day care center in northern Spain. Influence of detection techniques on the results. BMC Infect Dis 2012, 12:69
• Andersson P, Tong SY, Bell JM, Turnidge JD, Giffard PM. Minim Typing - A Rapid and Low Cost MLST Based Typing Tool for Klebsiella pneumoniae. PLoS One 2012, 7:e33530
• Srinivasan V, Gertz RE, Shewmaker PL, Patrick S, Chitnis AS, OConnell H, Benowitz I, Patel P, Guh AY, Noble-Wang J, Turabelidze G, Beall B. Using PCR-Based Detection and Genotyping to Trace Streptococcus salivarius Meningitis Outbreak Strain to Oral Flora of Radiology Physician Assistant. PLoS One 2012, 7:e32169
• Cumley NJ, Smith LM, Anthony M, May RC. The CovS/CovR Acid Response Regulator Is Required for Intracellular Survival of Group B Streptococcus in Macrophages. Infect Immun 2012, 80:1650-61
• Adetifa IM, Antonio M, Okoromah CA, Ebruke C, Inem V, Nsekpong D, Bojang A, Adegbola RA. Pre-vaccination nasopharyngeal pneumococcal carriage in a nigerian population: epidemiology and population biology. PLoS One 2012, 7:e30548
• Lamaro-Cardoso J, de Lemos AP, Carvalho Mda, Pimenta FC, Roundtree A, Motta L, Vieira MA, Sgambatti S, Thörn LK, Pessoa-Junior V, Minamisava R, Harrison LH, Beall BW, Brandileone MC, Andrade AL. Molecular epidemiological investigation to determine the source of a fatal case of serotype 22F pneumococcal meningitis. J Med Microbiol 2012, 61:686-92
• Radtke A, Bruheim T, Afset JE, Bergh K. Multiple-locus variant-repeat assay (MLVA) is a useful tool for molecular epidemiologic analysis of Streptococcus agalactiae strains causing bovine mastitis. Vet Microbiol 2012, 157:398-404
• Bowers JR, Driebe EM, Nibecker JL, Wojack BR, Sarovich DS, Wong AH, Brzoska PM, Hubert N, Knadler A, Watson LM, Wagner DM, Furtado MR, Saubolle M, Engelthaler DM, Keim PS. Dominance of multidrug resistant CC271 clones in macrolide-resistant streptococcus pneumoniae in Arizona. BMC Microbiol 2012, 12:12
• Ing J, Mason EO, Kaplan SL, Lamberth LB, Revell PA, Luna RA, Hulten KG. Characterization of Nontypeable and Atypical Streptococcus pneumoniae Pediatric Isolates from 1994 to 2010. J Clin Microbiol 2012, 50:1326-30
• Martins ER, Melo-Cristino J, Ramirez M. Dominance of Serotype Ia among Group B Streptococci Causing Invasive Infections in Nonpregnant Adults in Portugal. J Clin Microbiol 2012, 50:1219-1227
• Vanderkooi OG, Church DL, Macdonald J, Zucol F, Kellner JD. Community-Based Outbreaks in Vulnerable Populations of Invasive Infections Caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae Serotypes 5 and 8 in Calgary, Canada. PLoS One 2011, 6:e28547
• Nagano N, Nagano Y, Toyama M, Kimura K, Tamura T, Shibayama K, Arakawa Y. Nosocomial spread of multidrug-resistant group B streptococci with reduced penicillin susceptibility belonging to clonal complex 1. J Antimicrob Chemother 2012, 67:849-56
• Borek AL, Wilemska J, Izdebski R, Hryniewicz W, Sitkiewicz I. A new rapid and cost-effective method for detection of phages, ICEs and virulence factors encoded by Streptococcus pyogenes. Pol J Microbiol 2011, 60:187-201
• Fittipaldi N, Xu J, Lacouture S, Tharavichitkul P, Osaki M, Sekizaki T, Takamatsu D, Gottschalk M. Lineage and Virulence of Streptococcus suis Serotype 2 Isolates from North America. Emerg Infect Dis 2011, 17:2239-44
• El-Sharoud WM, Delorme C, Darwish MS, Renault P. Genotyping of Streptococcus thermophilus strains isolated from traditional Egyptian dairy products by sequence analysis of the phosphoserine phosphatase (serB) gene with phenotypic characterizations of the strains. J Appl Microbiol 2012, 112:329-37
• De Francesco MA, Caracciolo S, Gargiulo F, Manca N. Phenotypes, genotypes, serotypes and molecular epidemiology of erythromycin-resistant Streptococcus agalactiae in Italy. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2012, 31:1741-7
• Scott JR, Hanage WP, Lipsitch M, Millar EV, Moulton LH, Hinds J, Reid R, Santosham M, OBrien KL. Pneumococcal sequence type replacement among American Indian children: a comparison of pre- and routine-PCV7 eras. Vaccine 2012, 30:2376-81
• Turner P, Melchiorre S, Moschioni M, Barocchi MA, Turner C, Watthanaworawit W, Kaewcharernnet N, Nosten F, Goldblatt D. Assessment of Streptococcus pneumoniae pilus islet-1 prevalence in carried and transmitted isolates from mother-infant pairs on the Thailand-Burma border. Clin Microbiol Infect 2012, 18:970-5
• Tang Y, Zhao H, Wu W, Wu D, Li X, Fang W. Genetic and virulence characterization of Streptococcus suis type 2 isolates from swine in the provinces of Zhejiang and Henan, China. Folia Microbiol (Praha) 2011, 56:541-8
• Yin J, Yu S, Liu X, Li Y, Gao W, Zhou L, Ji L, Shen X, Yang Y. Molecular characterization of group G Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis recovered from patients and healthy people in China. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 2012, 72:41-6
• Jensen A, Kilian M. Delineation of Streptococcus dysgalactiae, Its Subspecies, and Its Clinical and Phylogenetic Relationship to Streptococcus pyogenes. J Clin Microbiol 2012, 50:113-26
• Melchiorre S, Camilli R, Pietrantoni A, Moschioni M, Berti F, Del Grosso M, Superti F, Barocchi MA, Pantosti A. Point mutations in wchA are responsible for the non-typability of two invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates. Microbiology 2012, 158:338-44
• Lukjancenko O, Ussery DW, Wassenaar TM. Comparative genomics of bifidobacterium, lactobacillus and related probiotic genera. Microb Ecol 2012, 63:651-73
• Pires R, Rolo D, Morais A, Brito-Avô A, Johansson C, Henriques-Normark B, Gonçalo-Marques J, Santos-Sanches I. Description of macrolide-resistant and potential virulent clones of Streptococcus pyogenes causing asymptomatic colonization during 2000-2006 in the Lisbon area. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2012, 31:849-57
• Zähner D, Gandhi AR, Yi H, Stephens DS. Mitis group streptococci express variable pilus islet 2 pili. PLoS One 2011, 6:e25124
• Hanage WP, Bishop CJ, Lee GM, Lipsitch M, Stevenson A, Rifas-Shiman SL, Pelton SI, Huang SS, Finkelstein JA. Clonal replacement among 19A Streptococcus pneumoniae in Massachusetts, prior to 13 valent conjugate vaccination. Vaccine 2011, 29:8877-81
• Elberse K, Witteveen S, van der Heide H, van de Pol I, Schot C, van der Ende A, Berbers G, Schouls L. Sequence Diversity within the Capsular Genes of Streptococcus pneumoniae Serogroup 6 and 19. PLoS One 2011, 6:e25018
• McAllister LJ, Ogunniyi AD, Stroeher UH, Leach AJ, Paton JC. Contribution of serotype and genetic background to virulence of serotype 3 and serogroup 11 pneumococcal isolates. Infect Immun 2011, 79:4839-49
• Leung MH, Oriyo NM, Gillespie SH, Charalambous BM. The adaptive potential during nasopharyngeal colonisation of Streptococcus pneumoniae. Infect Genet Evol 2011, 11:1989-95
• Obszańska K, Borek AL, Izdebski R, Hryniewicz W, Sitkiewicz I. Multilocus variable number tandem repeat analysis (MLVA) of Streptococcus pyogenes. J Microbiol Methods 2011, 87:143-9
• Simões AS, Valente C, de Lencastre H, Sá-Leão R. Rapid identification of noncapsulated Streptococcus pneumoniae in nasopharyngeal samples allowing detection of co-colonization and reevaluation of prevalence. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 2011, 71:208-16
• Do T, Gilbert SC, Klein J, Warren S, Wade WG, Beighton D. Clonal structure of Streptococcus sanguinis strains isolated from endocarditis cases and the oral cavity. Mol Oral Microbiol 2011, 26:291-302
• Rakov AV, Ubukata K, Ashley Robinson D. Population structure of hyperinvasive serotype 12F, clonal complex 218 Streptococcus pneumoniae revealed by multilocus boxB sequence typing. Infect Genet Evol 2011, 11:1929-39
• Dunne EM, Ong EK, Moser RJ, Siba PM, Phuanukoonnon S, Greenhill AR, Robins-Browne RM, Mulholland EK, Satzke C. Multilocus Sequence Typing of Streptococcus pneumoniae by Use of Mass Spectrometry. J Clin Microbiol 2011, 49:3756-60
• Tanaka J, Ishiwada N, Wada A, Chang B, Hishiki H, Kurosaki T, Kohno Y. Incidence of childhood pneumonia and serotype and sequence-type distribution in Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates in Japan. Epidemiol Infect 2012, 140:1111-21
• Zhang B, Gertz RE, Liu Z, Li Z, Fu W, Beall B. Characterization of highly antimicrobial-resistant clinical pneumococcal isolates recovered in a Chinese hospital during 2009-2010. J Med Microbiol 2012, 61:42-8
• Kimura K, Nagano N, Nagano Y, Wachino J, Suzuki S, Shibayama K, Arakawa Y. Predominance of sequence type 1 group with serotype VI among group B streptococci with reduced penicillin susceptibility identified in Japan. J Antimicrob Chemother 2011, 66:2460-4
• Siira L, Jalava J, Tissari P, Vaara M, Kaijalainen T, Virolainen A. Clonality behind the increase of multidrug-resistance among non-invasive pneumococci in Southern Finland. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2012, 31:867-71
• Huber CA, McOdimba F, Pflueger V, Daubenberger CA, Revathi G. Characterization of Invasive and Colonizing Isolates of Streptococcus agalactiae in East African Adults. J Clin Microbiol 2011, 49:3652-5
• Barroso DE, Godoy D, Castiñeiras TM, Tulenko MM, Rebelo MC, Harrison LH. β-lactam Resistance, Serotype Distribution, and Genotypes of Meningitis-causing Streptococcus pneumoniae, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2012, 31:30-36
• McMillan DJ, Kaul SY, Bramhachari PV, Smeesters PR, Vu T, Karmarkar MG, Shaila MS, Sriprakash KS. Recombination Drives Genetic Diversification of Streptococcus dysgalactiae Subspecies equisimilis in a Region of Streptococcal Endemicity. PLoS One 2011, 6:e21346
• Lartigue MF, Poulard AF, Al Safadi R, Pailhories H, Domelier-Valentin AS, van der Mee-Marquet N, Rosenau A, Quentin R. Variability of neuD transcription levels and capsular sialic acid expression among serotype III group B Streptococcus strains. Microbiology 2011, 157:3282-91
• Rudolf D, Michaylov N, van der Linden M, Hoy L, Klugman KP, Welte T, Pletz MW. International pneumococcal clones match or exceed the fitness of other strains despite the accumulation of antibiotic resistance. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2011, 55:4915-7
• Ikryannikova LN, Lapin KN, Malakhova MV, Filimonova AV, Ilina EN, Dubovickaya VA, Sidorenko SV, Govorun VM. Misidentification of alpha-hemolytic streptococci by routine tests in clinical practice. Infect Genet Evol 2011, 11:1709-15
• Haguenoer E, Baty G, Pourcel C, Lartigue MF, Domelier AS, Rosenau A, Quentin R, Mereghetti L, Lanotte P. A Multi Locus Variable Number of Tandem Repeat Analysis (MLVA) scheme for Streptococcus agalactiae genotyping. BMC Microbiol 2011, 11:171
• Oishi T, Wada A, Chang B, Toyabe S, Uchiyama M. Serotyping and Multilocus Sequence Typing of Streptococcus pneumoniae Isolates from the Blood and Posterior Nares of Japanese Children Prior to the Introduction of 7-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine. Jpn J Infect Dis 2011, 64:341-4
• Fluegge K, Wons J, Spellerberg B, Swoboda S, Siedler A, Hufnagel M, Berner R. Genetic differences between invasive and noninvasive neonatal group B streptococcal isolates. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2011, 30:1027-31
• Vestrheim DF, Gaustad P, Aaberge IS, Caugant DA. Pherotypes of pneumococcal strains co-existing in healthy children. Infect Genet Evol 2011, 11:1703-8
• Xue L, Yao KH, Yu SJ, Liu ZJ, Qian J, Shen XZ, Yang YH. Molecular epidemiology of serotype 19A Streptococcus pneumoniae isolated from children in Beijing, 1997-2006. Chin Med J (Engl) 2011, 124:1769-74
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