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: 2010-03-12.
Sadowy E, Kuch A, Gniadkowski M, Hryniewicz W. Expansion and evolution of the Spain9V-ST156 Streptococcus pneumoniae clonal complex in Poland. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2010, [Epub ahead of print]: |
Salloum M, van der Mee-Marquet N, Domelier AS, Arnault L, Quentin R. Molecular characterization and prophage DNA contents of Streptococcus agalactiae strains isolated from adult skin and osteoarticular infections. J Clin Microbiol 2010, [Epub ahead of print]: |
Do T, Gilbert SC, Clark D, Ali F, Fatturi Parolo CC, Maltz M, Russell RR, Holbrook P, Wade WG, Beighton D. Generation of Diversity in Streptococcus mutans Genes Demonstrated by MLST. PLoS One 2010, 5:e9073 |
Lambertsen L, Brendstrup M, Friis H, Christensen JJ. Molecular characterization of invasive penicillin non-susceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae from Denmark, 2001 to 2005. Scand J Infect Dis 2010, [Epub ahead of print]: |
Ardanuy C, Domenech A, Rolo D, Calatayud L, Tubau F, Ayats J, Martin A, Linares J. Molecular characterization of macrolide- and multidrug-resistant Streptococcus pyogenes isolated from adult patients in Barcelona, Spain (1993-2008). J Antimicrob Chemother 2010, [Epub ahead of print]: |
Manning SD, Springman AC, Million AD, Milton NR, McNamara SE, Somsel PA, Bartlett P, Davies HD. Association of group B streptococcus colonization and bovine exposure: a prospective cross-sectional cohort study. PLoS One 2010, 5:e8795 |
Donkor ES, Newman MJ, Oliver-Commey J, Bannerman E, Dayie NT, Badoe EV. Invasive disease and paediatric carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Ghana. Scand J Infect Dis 2010, [Epub ahead of print]: |
Xu X, Cai L, Xiao M, Kong F, Oftadeh S, Zhou F, Gilbert GL. Distribution of Serotypes, Genotypes, and Resistance Determinants among Macrolide-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae Isolates. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2010, 54:1152-9 |
Meisal R, Andreasson IK, Hoiby EA, Aaberge IS, Michaelsen TE, Caugant DA. Streptococcus pyogenes Isolates Causing Severe Infections in Norway in 2006 to 2007: emm Types, Multilocus Sequence Types, and Superantigen Profiles. J Clin Microbiol 2010, 48:842-51 |
Pillai DR, Shahinas D, Buzina A, Pollock RA, Lau R, Khairnar K, Wong A, Farrell DJ, Green K, McGeer A, Low DE. Genome-wide dissection of globally emergent multi-drug resistant serotype 19A Streptococcus pneumoniae. BMC Genomics 2009, 10:642 |
Janapatla RP, Hsu MH, Du JF, Hsieh YC, Lin TY, Chiu CH. SEQUENCE TYPES AND ANTIMICROBIAL SUSCEPTIBILITY OF INVASIVE STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE ISOLATES FROM A REGION WITH HIGH ANTIBIOTIC SELECTIVE PRESSURE AND SUBOPTIMAL VACCINE COVERAGE. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2009, [Epub ahead of print]: |
Martins ER, Melo-Cristino J, Ramirez M. Evidence for rare capsular switching in Streptococcus agalactiae. J Bacteriol 2010, 192:1361-9 |
Macfarquhar JK, Jones TF, Woron AM, Kainer MA, Whitney CG, Beall B, Schrag SJ, Schaffner W. Outbreak of late-onset group B Streptococcus in a neonatal intensive care unit. Am J Infect Control 2009, [Epub ahead of print]: |
Orr D, Wilkinson P, Moyce L, Martin S, George R, Pichon B. Incidence and epidemiology of levofloxacin resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae: experience from a tertiary referral hospital in England. J Antimicrob Chemother 2010, 65:449-52 |
Byington CL, Hulten KG, Ampofo K, Sheng X, Pavia AT, Blaschke AJ, Pettigrew M, Korgenski K, Daly J, Mason EO. Molecular epidemiology of pediatric pneumococcal empyema from 2001 to 2007 in Utah. J Clin Microbiol 2010, 48:520-5 |
van der Linden M, Al-Lahham A, Nicklas W, Reinert RR. Molecular characterization of pneumococcal isolates from pets and laboratory animals. PLoS One 2009, 4:e8286 |
Leegaard TM, Bootsma HJ, Caugant DA, Eleveld MJ, Mannsaker T, Froholm LO, Gaustad P, Hoiby EA, Hermans PW. Phenotypic and genomic characterization of pneumococcus-like streptococci isolated from HIV-seropositive patients. Microbiology 2009, [Epub ahead of print]: |
Techasaensiri C, Messina AF, Katz K, Ahmad N, Huang R, McCracken GH. Epidemiology and Evolution of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease Caused by Multidrug Resistant Serotypes of 19A in the 8 Years After Implementation of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Immunization in Dallas, Texas. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2009, [Epub ahead of print]: |
Cornejo OE, McGee L, Rozen DE. Polymorphic competence peptides do not restrict recombination in Streptococcus pneumoniae. Mol Biol Evol 2010, 27:694-702 |
Porat N, Amit U, Givon-Lavi N, Leibovitz E, Dagan R. Increasing importance of multidrug-resistant serotype 6A Streptococcus pneumoniae clones in acute otitis media in southern Israel. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2010, 29:126-30 |
Jefferies JM, Smith AJ, Edwards GF, McMenamin J, Mitchell TJ, Clarke SC. Temporal analysis of invasive pneumococcal clones from Scotland illustrates fluctuations in diversity of serotype and genotype in the absence of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine. J Clin Microbiol 2010, 48:87-96 |
Delorme C, Bartholini C, Bolotine A, Ehrlich SD, Renault P. Emergence of a cell wall protease in the Streptococcus thermophilus population. Appl Environ Microbiol 2010, 76:451-60 |
Simoes AS, Sa-Leao R, Eleveld MJ, Tavares DA, Carrico JA, Bootsma HJ, Hermans PW. Highly penicillin-resistant multidrug-resistant pneumococcus-like strains colonizing children in Oeiras, Portugal: genomic characteristics and implications for surveillance. J Clin Microbiol 2010, 48:238-46 |
Mothibeli KM, du Plessis M, von Gottberg A, de Gouveia L, Adrian P, Madhi SA, Klugman KP. An unusual pneumococcal sequence type is the predominant cause of serotype 3 invasive disease in South Africa. J Clin Microbiol 2010, 48:184-91 |
Moschioni M, De Angelis G, Melchiorre S, Masignani V, Leibovitz E, Barocchi MA, Dagan R. Prevalence of pilus encoding islets among acute otitis media Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates from Israel. Clin Microbiol Infect 2009, [Epub ahead of print]: |
Florindo C, Viegas S, Paulino A, Rodrigues E, Gomes JP, Borrego MJ. Molecular characterization and antimicrobial susceptibility profiles in Streptococcus agalactiae colonizing strains: association of erythromycin resistance with subtype III-1 genetic clone family. Clin Microbiol Infect 2009, [Epub ahead of print]: |
Chang H, Shen X, Fu Z, Liu L, Shen Y, Liu X, Yu S, Yao K, Zhao C, Yang Y. Antibiotic resistance and molecular analysis of Streptococcus pyogenes isolated from healthy schoolchildren in China. Scand J Infect Dis 2010, 42:84-9 |
Pombert JF, Sistek V, Boissinot M, Frenette M. Evolutionary relationships among salivarius streptococci as inferred from multilocus phylogenies based on 16S rRNA-encoding, recA, secA, and secY gene sequences. BMC Microbiol 2009, 9:232 |
de la Pedrosa EG, Baquero F, Loza E, Nadal-Serrano JM, Fenoll A, Del Campo R, Canton R. High clonal diversity in erythromycin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae invasive isolates in Madrid, Spain (2000-07). J Antimicrob Chemother 2009, 64:1165-9 |
Montes M, Tamayo E, Orden B, Larruskain J, Perez-Trallero E. Prevalence and clonal characterization of Streptococcus pyogenes clinical isolates with reduced fluoroquinolone susceptibility in Spain. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2010, 54:93-7 |
Blume V, Luque I, Vela AI, Borge C, Maldonado A, Dominguez L, Tarradas C, Fernandez-Garayzabal JF. Genetic and virulence-phenotype characterization of serotypes 2 and 9 of Streptococcus suis swine isolates. Int Microbiol 2009, 12:161-6 |
Hsieh YC, Chang LY, Huang YC, Lin HC, Huang LM, Hsueh PR. Circulation of international clones of levofloxacin non-susceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae in Taiwan. Clin Microbiol Infect 2009, [Epub ahead of print]: |
Carrolo M, Pinto FR, Melo-Cristino J, Ramirez M. Pherotypes are driving genetic differentiation within Streptococcus pneumoniae. BMC Microbiol 2009, 9:191 |
Metzgar D, Baynes D, Hansen CJ, McDonough EA, Cabrera DR, Ellorin MM, Blair PJ, Russell KL, Faix DJ. Inference of antibiotic resistance and virulence among diverse group A Streptococcus strains using emm sequencing and multilocus genotyping methods. PLoS One 2009, 4:e6897 |
Chiang-Ni C, Zheng PX, Ho YR, Wu HM, Chuang WJ, Lin YS, Lin MT, Liu CC, Wu JJ. emm1/sequence type 28 strains of group A streptococci that express covR at early stationary phase are associated with increased growth and earlier SpeB secretion. J Clin Microbiol 2009, 47:3161-9 |
Imai S, Ito Y, Ishida T, Hirai T, Ito I, Maekawa K, Takakura S, Iinuma Y, Ichiyama S, Mishima M. High prevalence of multidrug-resistant Pneumococcal molecular epidemiology network clones among Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates from adult patients with community-acquired pneumonia in Japan. Clin Microbiol Infect 2009, 15:1039-45 |
Kerdsin A, Oishi K, Sripakdee S, Boonkerd N, Polwichai P, Nakamura S, Uchida R, Sawanpanyalert P, Dejsirilert S. Clonal dissemination of human isolates of Streptococcus suis serotype 14 in Thailand. J Med Microbiol 2009, 58:1508-13 |
Vainio A, Lyytikainen O, Sihvonen R, Kaijalainen T, Teirila L, Rantala M, Lehtinen P, Ruuska P, Virolainen A. An outbreak of pneumonia associated with S. pneumoniae at a military training facility in Finland in 2006. APMIS 2009, 117:488-91 |
Springman AC, Lacher DW, Wu G, Milton N, Whittam TS, Davies HD, Manning SD. Selection, recombination, and virulence gene diversity among group B streptococcal genotypes. J Bacteriol 2009, 191:5419-27 |
Ardanuy C, Rolo D, Fenoll A, Tarrago D, Calatayud L, Linares J. Emergence of a multidrug-resistant clone (ST320) among invasive serotype 19A pneumococci in Spain. J Antimicrob Chemother 2009, 64:507-10 |
Suvorov AN, Polyakova EM, McShan WM, Ferretti JJ. Bacteriophage content of M49 strains of Streptococcus pyogenes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2009, 294:9-15 |
Domelier AS, van der Mee-Marquet N, Sizaret PY, Hery-Arnaud G, Lartigue MF, Mereghetti L, Quentin R. Molecular characterization and lytic activities of Streptococcus agalactiae bacteriophages and determination of lysogenic-strain features. J Bacteriol 2009, 191:4776-85 |
Bergseng H, Afset JE, Radtke A, Loeseth K, Lyng RV, Rygg M, Bergh K. Molecular and phenotypic characterization of invasive group B streptococcus strains from infants in Norway 2006-2007. Clin Microbiol Infect 2009, 15:1182-5 |
Francisco AP, Bugalho M, Ramirez M, Carrico JA. Global Optimal eBURST analysis of Multilocus typing data using a graphic matroid approach. BMC Bioinformatics 2009, 10:152 |
Dagan R, Givon-Lavi N, Leibovitz E, Greenberg D, Porat N. Introduction and proliferation of multidrug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 19A clones that cause acute otitis media in an unvaccinated population. J Infect Dis 2009, 199:776-85 |
Do T, Jolley KA, Maiden MC, Gilbert SC, Clark D, Wade WG, Beighton D. Population structure of Streptococcus oralis. Microbiology 2009, 155:2593-602 |
Rolo D, Ardanuy C, Fleites A, Martin A, Linares J. Diversity of pneumococcal surface protein A (PspA) among prevalent clones in Spain. BMC Microbiol 2009, 9:80 |
Lartigue MF, Hery-Arnaud G, Haguenoer E, Domelier AS, Schmit PO, van der Mee-Marquet N, Lanotte P, Mereghetti L, Kostrzewa M, Quentin R. Identification of Streptococcus agalactiae isolates from various phylogenetic lineages by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry. J Clin Microbiol 2009, 47:2284-7 |
Evans JJ, Klesius PH, Pasnik DJ, Bohnsack JF. Human Streptococcus agalactiae isolate in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus). Emerg Infect Dis 2009, 15:774-6 |
Ahmad Y, Gertz RE, Li Z, Sakota V, Broyles LN, Van Beneden C, Facklam R, Shewmaker PL, Reingold A, Farley MM, Beall BW. Genetic relationships deduced from emm and multilocus sequence typing of invasive Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis and S. canis recovered from isolates collected in the United States. J Clin Microbiol 2009, 47:2046-54 |
Ding F, Tang P, Hsu MH, Cui P, Hu S, Yu J, Chiu CH. Genome evolution driven by host adaptations results in a more virulent and antimicrobial-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 14. BMC Genomics 2009, 10:158 |
Xu Q, Pichichero ME, Casey JR, Zeng M. Novel type of Streptococcus pneumoniae causing multidrug-resistant acute otitis media in children. Emerg Infect Dis 2009, 15:547-51 |
Takamatsu D, Nishino H, Ishiji T, Ishii J, Osaki M, Fittipaldi N, Gottschalk M, Tharavichitkul P, Takai S, Sekizaki T. Genetic organization and preferential distribution of putative pilus gene clusters in Streptococcus suis. Vet Microbiol 2009, 138:132-9 |
Siira L, Rantala M, Jalava J, Hakanen AJ, Huovinen P, Kaijalainen T, Lyytikainen O, Virolainen A. Temporal trends of antimicrobial resistance and clonality of invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates in Finland, 2002 to 2006. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2009, 53:2066-73 |
Wolter N, du Plessis M, von Gottberg A, de Gouveia L, Klugman KP. Molecular characterization of emerging non-levofloxacin-susceptible pneumococci isolated from children in South Africa. J Clin Microbiol 2009, 47:1319-24 |
Eickel V, Kahl B, Reinisch B, Dubbers A, Kuster P, Brandt C, Spellerberg B. Emergence of respiratory Streptococcus agalactiae isolates in cystic fibrosis patients. PLoS ONE 2009, 4:e4650 |
Blomberg C, Dagerhamn J, Dahlberg S, Browall S, Fernebro J, Albiger B, Morfeldt E, Normark S, Henriques-Normark B. Pattern of accessory regions and invasive disease potential in Streptococcus pneumoniae. J Infect Dis 2009, 199:1032-42 |
Dagan R, Givon-Lavi N, Leibovitz E, Greenberg D, Porat N. Introduction and Proliferation of Multidrug-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae Serotype 19A Clones That Cause Acute Otitis Media in an Unvaccinated Population. J Infect Dis 2009, [Epub ahead of print]: |
Song JH, Baek JY, Cheong HS, Chung DR, Peck KR, Ko KS. Changes of serotype and genotype in Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates from a Korean hospital in 2007. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 2009, 63:271-8 |
Bishop CJ, Aanensen DM, Jordan GE, Kilian M, Hanage WP, Spratt BG. Assigning strains to bacterial species via the internet. BMC Biol 2009, 7:3 |
Pichon B, Bennett HV, Efstratiou A, Slack MP, George RC. Genetic characteristics of pneumococcal disease in elderly patients before introducing the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine. Epidemiol Infect 2009, 137:1049-56 |
Manning SD, Springman AC, Lehotzky E, Lewis MA, Whittam TS, Davies HD. Multilocus sequence types associated with neonatal group B streptococcal sepsis and meningitis in Canada. J Clin Microbiol 2009, 47:1143-8 |
Carvalho Mda, Pimenta FC, Gertz RE, Joshi HH, Trujillo AA, Keys LE, Findley J, Moura IS, Park IH, Hollingshead SK, Pilishvili T, Whitney CG, Nahm MH, Beall BW. PCR-based quantitation and clonal diversity of the current prevalent invasive serogroup 6 pneumococcal serotype, 6C, in the United States in 1999 and 2006 to 2007. J Clin Microbiol 2009, 47:554-9 |
Zheng MH, Jiao ZQ, Zhang LJ, Yu SJ, Tang GP, Yan XM, He LH, Meng FL, Zhao F, Zhang MJ, Xiao D, Yang YH, Nie W, Zhang JZ, Wang ZJ. Genetic analysis of group A streptococcus isolates recovered during acute glomerulonephritis outbreaks in Guizhou Province of China. J Clin Microbiol 2009, 47:715-20 |
Mahjoub-Messai F, Doit C, Koeck JL, Billard T, Evrard B, Bidet P, Hubans C, Raymond J, Levy C, Cohen R, Bingen E. Population snapshot of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 19A isolates before and after introduction of seven-valent pneumococcal Vaccination for French children. J Clin Microbiol 2009, 47:837-40 |
Brochet M, Couve E, Bercion R, Sire JM, Glaser P. Population structure of human isolates of Streptococcus agalactiae from Dakar and Bangui. J Clin Microbiol 2009, 47:800-3 |
Smith-Vaughan H, Marsh R, Mackenzie G, Fisher J, Morris PS, Hare K, McCallum G, Binks M, Murphy D, Lum G, Cook H, Krause V, Jacups S, Leach AJ. Age-specific cluster of cases of serotype 1 Streptococcus pneumoniae carriage in remote indigenous communities in Australia. Clin Vaccine Immunol 2009, 16:218-21 |
Lang P, Lefebure T, Wang W, Zadoks RN, Schukken Y, Stanhope MJ. Gene content differences across strains of Streptococcus uberis identified using oligonucleotide microarray comparative genomic hybridization. Infect Genet Evol 2009, 9:179-88 |
Silva-Costa C, Pinto FR, Ramirez M, Melo-Cristino J. Decrease in macrolide resistance and clonal instability among Streptococcus pyogenes in Portugal. Clin Microbiol Infect 2008, 14:1152-9 |
Rato MG, Bexiga R, Nunes SF, Cavaco LM, Vilela CL, Santos-Sanches I. Molecular epidemiology and population structure of bovine Streptococcus uberis. J Dairy Sci 2008, 91:4542-51 |
McGee L, Biek D, Ge Y, Klugman M, du Plessis M, Smith AM, Beall B, Whitney CG, Klugman KP. In vitro evaluation of the antimicrobial activity of ceftaroline against cephalosporin-resistant isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2009, 53:552-6 |
Antonio M, Hakeem I, Awine T, Secka O, Sankareh K, Nsekpong D, Lahai G, Akisanya A, Egere U, Enwere G, Zaman SM, Hill PC, Corrah T, Cutts F, Greenwood BM, Adegbola RA. Seasonality and outbreak of a predominant Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 1 clone from The Gambia: expansion of ST217 hypervirulent clonal complex in West Africa. BMC Microbiol 2008, 8:198 |
Lapirattanakul J, Nakano K, Nomura R, Hamada S, Nakagawa I, Ooshima T. Demonstration of mother-to-child transmission of Streptococcus mutans using multilocus sequence typing. Caries Res 2008, 42:466-74 |
De Francesco MA, Gargiulo F, Negrini R, Gelmi M, Manca N. Different sequence strains of Streptococcus agalactiae elicit various levels of cytokine production. Immunol Invest 2008, 37:741-51 |
Jacobs MR, Bajaksouzian S, Bonomo RA, Good CE, Windau AR, Hujer AM, Massire C, Melton R, Blyn LB, Ecker DJ, Sampath R. Occurrence, distribution, and origins of Streptococcus pneumoniae Serotype 6C, a recently recognized serotype. J Clin Microbiol 2009, 47:64-72 |
Evans JJ, Bohnsack JF, Klesius PH, Whiting AA, Garcia JC, Shoemaker CA, Takahashi S. Phylogenetic relationships among Streptococcus agalactiae isolated from piscine, dolphin, bovine and human sources: a dolphin and piscine lineage associated with a fish epidemic in Kuwait is also associated with human neonatal infections in Japan. J Med Microbiol 2008, 57:1369-76 |
Luca-Harari B, Straut M, Cretoiu S, Surdeanu M, Ungureanu V, van der Linden M, Jasir A. Molecular characterization of invasive and non-invasive Streptococcus pyogenes isolates from Romania. J Med Microbiol 2008, 57:1354-63 |
Onwubiko C, Swiatlo E, McDaniel LS. Cross-sectional study of nasopharyngeal carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae in human immunodeficiency virus-infected adults in the conjugate vaccine era. J Clin Microbiol 2008, 46:3621-5 |
Thomas JC, Pettigrew MM. Multilocus sequence typing and pulsed field gel electrophoresis of otitis media causing pathogens. Methods Mol Biol 2009, 493:179-90 |
Webb K, Jolley KA, Mitchell Z, Robinson C, Newton JR, Maiden MC, Waller A. Development of an unambiguous and discriminatory multilocus sequence typing scheme for the Streptococcus zooepidemicus group. Microbiology 2008, 154:3016-24 |
Soriano F, Cafini F, Aguilar L, Tarrago D, Alou L, Gimenez MJ, Gracia M, Ponte MC, Leu D, Pana M, Letowska I, Fenoll A. Breakthrough in penicillin resistance? Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates with penicillin/cefotaxime MICs of 16 mg/L and their genotypic and geographical relatedness. J Antimicrob Chemother 2008, 62:1234-40 |
Domelier AS, van der Mee-Marquet N, Arnault L, Mereghetti L, Lanotte P, Rosenau A, Lartigue MF, Quentin R. Molecular characterization of erythromycin-resistant Streptococcus agalactiae strains. J Antimicrob Chemother 2008, 62:1227-33 |
Obando I, Munoz-Almagro C, Arroyo LA, Tarrago D, Sanchez-Tatay D, Moreno-Perez D, Dhillon SS, Esteva C, Hernandez-Bou S, Garcia-Garcia JJ, Hausdorff WP, Brueggemann AB. Pediatric parapneumonic empyema, Spain. Emerg Infect Dis 2008, 14:1390-7 |
Melin MM, Hollingshead SK, Briles DE, Hanage WP, Lahdenkari M, Kaijalainen T, Kilpi TM, Kayhty HM. Distribution of pneumococcal surface protein A families 1 and 2 among Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates from children in finland who had acute otitis media or were nasopharyngeal carriers. Clin Vaccine Immunol 2008, 15:1555-63 |
Wang HM, Ke CW, Pan WB, Ke BX, Chen JD, Deng XL, Liu MZ, Chen GR, Yang XF, Zhu ZY. [MLST typing of Streptococcus suis isolated from clinical patients in Guangdong Province in 2005] Nan Fang Yi Ke Da Xue Xue Bao 2008, 28:1438-41 |
Yang F, Xu XG, Yang MJ, Zhang YY, Klugman KP, McGee L. Antimicrobial susceptibility and molecular epidemiology of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolated from Shanghai, China. Int J Antimicrob Agents 2008, 32:386-91 |
Honsa E, Fricke T, Stephens AJ, Ko D, Kong F, Gilbert GL, Huygens F, Giffard PM. Assignment of Streptococcus agalactiae isolates to clonal complexes using a small set of single nucleotide polymorphisms. BMC Microbiol 2008, 8:140 |
Reis JN, Palma T, Ribeiro GS, Pinheiro RM, Ribeiro CT, Cordeiro SM, da Silva Filho HP, Moschioni M, Thompson TA, Spratt B, Riley LW, Barocchi MA, Reis MG, Ko AI. Transmission of Streptococcus pneumoniae in an urban slum community. J Infect 2008, 57:204-13 |
Gherardi G, D'Ambrosio F, Monaco M, Camilli R, De Florio L, D'Ancona F, Dicuonzo G, Pantosti A. Population structure of invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates in Italy prior to the implementation of the 7-valent conjugate vaccine (1999-2003). Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2009, 28:99-103 |
Simmon KE, Hall L, Woods CW, Marco F, Miro JM, Cabell C, Hoen B, Marin M, Utili R, Giannitsioti E, Doco-Lecompte T, Bradley S, Mirrett S, Tambic A, Ryan S, Gordon D, Jones P, Korman T, Wray D, Reller LB, Tripodi MF, Plesiat P, Morris AJ, Lang S, Murdoch DR, Petti CA. Phylogenetic analysis of viridans group streptococci causing endocarditis. J Clin Microbiol 2008, 46:3087-90 |
van der Mee-Marquet N, Fourny L, Arnault L, Domelier AS, Salloum M, Lartigue MF, Quentin R. Molecular characterization of human-colonizing Streptococcus agalactiae strains isolated from throat, skin, anal margin, and genital body sites. J Clin Microbiol 2008, 46:2906-11 |
Albarracin Orio AG, Cortes PR, Tregnaghi M, Pinas GE, Echenique JR. A new serotype 14 variant of the pneumococcal Spain9V-3 international clone detected in the central region of Argentina. J Med Microbiol 2008, 57:992-9 |
Olver WJ, Cavanagh J, Quinn M, Diggle M, Edwards GF. Investigation and control of a cluster of penicillin non-susceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae infections in a care home. J Hosp Infect 2008, 70:80-3 |
Ongkasuwan J, Valdez TA, Hulten KG, Mason EO, Kaplan SL. Pneumococcal mastoiditis in children and the emergence of multidrug-resistant serotype 19A isolates. Pediatrics 2008, 122:34-9 |
Martynova AV, Turkutiukov VB. [Molecular biological monitoring for Streptococcus pneumoniae isolated from patients with invasive pneumococcal infection] Zh Mikrobiol Epidemiol Immunobiol 2009, [Epub ahead of print]:31-4 |
Sombrero L, Nissinen A, Esparar G, Lindgren M, Siira L, Virolainen A. Low incidence of antibiotic resistance among invasive and nasopharyngeal isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae from children in rural Philippines between 1994 and 2000. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2008, 27:929-35 |
Isozumi R, Ito Y, Ishida T, Hirai T, Ito I, Maniwa K, Hayashi M, Kagioka H, Hirabayashi M, Onaru K, Tomioka H, Tomii K, Gohma I, Osawa M, Imai S, Takakura S, Iinuma Y, Chin K, Ichiyama S, Mishima M. Molecular characteristics of serotype 3 Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates among community-acquired pneumonia patients in Japan. J Infect Chemother 2008, 14:258-61 |
Amrine-Madsen H, Van Eldere J, Mera RM, Miller LA, Poupard JA, Thomas ES, Halsey WS, Becker JA, O'Hara FP. Temporal and spatial distribution of clonal complexes of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates resistant to multiple classes of antibiotics in Belgium, 1997 to 2004. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2008, 52:3216-20 |
Manning SD, Schaeffer KE, Springman AC, Lehotzky E, Lewis MA, Ouellette LM, Wu G, Moorer GM, Whittam TS, Davies HD. Genetic diversity and antimicrobial resistance in group B streptococcus colonizing young, nonpregnant women. Clin Infect Dis 2008, 47:388-90 |
Antonio M, Dada-Adegbola H, Biney E, Awine T, O'Callaghan J, Pfluger V, Enwere G, Okoko B, Oluwalana C, Vaughan A, Zaman SM, Pluschke G, Greenwood BM, Cutts F, Adegbola RA. Molecular epidemiology of pneumococci obtained from Gambian children aged 2-29 months with invasive pneumococcal disease during a trial of a 9-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine. BMC Infect Dis 2008, 8:81 |
Tian SF, Chu YZ, Chen BY. Molecular characteristics of penicillin-binding protein 2b, 2x, and 1a sequences in penicillin-nonsusceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates in Shenyang, China. Can J Microbiol 2008, 54:489-94 |
Vestrheim DF, Hoiby EA, Aaberge IS, Caugant DA. Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of Streptococcus pneumoniae strains colonizing children attending day-care centers in Norway. J Clin Microbiol 2008, 46:2508-18 |
Aguero J, Ortega-Mendi M, Eliecer Cano M, Gonzalez de Aledo A, Calvo J, Viloria L, Mellado P, Pelayo T, Fernandez-Rodriguez A, Martinez-Martinez L. Outbreak of invasive group A streptococcal disease among children attending a day-care center. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2008, 27:602-4 |
Bagnoli F, Moschioni M, Donati C, Dimitrovska V, Ferlenghi I, Facciotti C, Muzzi A, Giusti F, Emolo C, Sinisi A, Hilleringmann M, Pansegrau W, Censini S, Rappuoli R, Covacci A, Masignani V, Barocchi MA. A second pilus type in Streptococcus pneumoniae is prevalent in emerging serotypes and mediates adhesion to host cells. J Bacteriol 2008, 190:5480-92 |
Manning SD, Lewis MA, Springman AC, Lehotzky E, Whittam TS, Davies HD. Genotypic diversity and serotype distribution of group B streptococcus isolated from women before and after delivery. Clin Infect Dis 2008, 46:1829-37 |
Moore MR, Gertz RE, Woodbury RL, Barkocy-Gallagher GA, Schaffner W, Lexau C, Gershman K, Reingold A, Farley M, Harrison LH, Hadler JL, Bennett NM, Thomas AR, McGee L, Pilishvili T, Brueggemann AB, Whitney CG, Jorgensen JH, Beall B. Population snapshot of emergent Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 19A in the United States, 2005. J Infect Dis 2008, 197:1016-27 |
Cortes PR, Orio AG, Regueira M, Pinas GE, Echenique J. Characterization of in vitro-generated and clinical optochin-resistant strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolated from Argentina. J Clin Microbiol 2008, 46:1930-4 |
Bessen DE, McGregor KF, Whatmore AM. Relationships between emm and multilocus sequence types within a global collection of Streptococcus pyogenes. BMC Microbiol 2008, 8:59 |
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