Streptococcus agalactiae
Prevalence of Virulence Factors and Antimicrobial Resistance of Streptococcus agalactiae and Streptococcus uberis in Ruminant Sub-clinical Mastitic Milk in Iran
... Mastitis is one of the main health issues in dairy production. Its losses are not only economic, but also issues such as animal health and welfare, milk quality, antibiotic usage and the image of the dairy sector are ...
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Complete genome sequence of Streptococcus agalactiae strain GBS85147 serotype of type Ia isolated from human oropharynx
... Streptococcus agalactiae, also referred to as Group B Streptococcus, is a frequent resident of the rectovaginal tract in humans, and a major cause of neonatal ...S. agalactiae is a known fish ...
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Immunological Markers of the R4 Protein of Streptococcus agalactiae
... Streptococcus agalactiae (group B streptococci [GBS]) is an important cause of infections in humans, notably in neonates. Serotyping based on the capsular polysaccharide antigens Ia, Ib, and II through VIII ...
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Use of a Serotype Specific DNA Microarray for Identification of Group B Streptococcus (Streptococcus agalactiae)
... B Streptococcus (GBS; Streptococcus agalactiae) is an important cause of sepsis and meningitis in neonates and in- fants and of invasive disease in pregnant women, nonpregnant, presumably ...
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Development of a melting curve based multiplex real time PCR assay for simultaneous detection of Streptococcus agalactiae and genes encoding resistance to macrolides and lincosamides
... Development of a melting curve based multiplex real time PCR assay for simultaneous detection of Streptococcus agalactiae and genes encoding resistance to macrolides and lincosamides RESEARCH ARTICLE[.] ...
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Lumbar spine epidural abscess and facet joint septic arthritis due to Streptococcus agalactiae: a case report
... urinary symptoms. Hence, she had a score of 7 on the Japanese Orthopaedic Association scale. MRI revealed a mass in the L3/4 left facet, epidural space, and paravertebral muscles (Fig. 1a, b). The erythrocyte ...
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Emergence and Global Dissemination of Host Specific Streptococcus agalactiae Clones
... pyogenic Streptococcus agalactiae, which only occasionally has been iso- lated from other animal species ...S. agalactiae isolates from bovine sources as group B streptococci (GBS) and divided the ...
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Trend of Invasive Streptococcus agalactiae at Tertiary Care Hospital in Japan
... Streptococcus agalactiae causes various severe infectious diseases such as sepsis, meningitis, and streptococcal toxic shock-like ...Though Streptococcus agalactiae infection has been in- ...
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Molecular Subtyping and Characterization of Bovine and Human Streptococcus agalactiae Isolates
... Streptococcus agalactiae causes severe invasive disease in humans and mastitis in ...S. agalactiae; (ii) most human invasive and bovine S. agalactiae isolates represent distinct subtypes, ...
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Prevalence and capsular type distribution of Streptococcus agalactiae isolated from pregnant women in Namibia and South Africa
... Background: Streptococcus agalactiae or Group B Streptococcus (GBS) is the leading cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality resulting in septicaemia, bacteraemia and ...S. agalactiae ...
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Streptococcus agalactiae Induces Placental Macrophages To Release Extracellular Traps Loaded with Tissue Remodeling Enzymes via an Oxidative Burst Dependent Mechanism
... ABSTRACT Streptococcus agalactiae, or group B Streptococcus (GBS), is a common perinatal pathogen. GBS colonization of the vaginal mucosa during pregnancy is a risk factor for invasive infection of ...
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Isotype antibody response in cows to Streptococcus agalactiae group B polysaccharide ovalbumin conjugate
... Adult dairy cows were immunized with group B antigen GBA of Streptococcus agalactiae or GBA coupled to ovalbumin, both emulsified in incomplete Freund adjuvant, and their sera were exami[r] ...
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Serotype IX, a Proposed New Streptococcus agalactiae Serotype
... of Streptococcus agalactiae (group B streptococcus [GBS]), of human origin, which failed to react with antisera against any of the nine known GBS ...S. agalactiae serotype, which we propose ...
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DNA Microarray Based Typing of Streptococcus agalactiae Isolates
... Streptococcus agalactiae frequently colonizes the urogenital tract, and it is a major cause of bacterial septicemia, meningitis, and pneumonia in ...B streptococcus (GBS) virulence-associated markers ...
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Genetic Features of Streptococcus agalactiae Strains Causing Severe Neonatal Infections, as Revealed by Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoresis and hylB Gene Analysis
... France, Streptococcus agalactiae is responsible for 50% of severe maternal and neonatal infections (3, ...S. agalactiae sepsis per 1,000 live births has been reported ...S. agalactiae are also ...
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Characterization of Afb, a novel bifunctional protein in Streptococcus agalactiae
... Objectives: Streptococcus agalactiae is the leading cause of bacterial sepsis and meningitis in newborns and results in pneumonia and bacteremia in ...S. agalactiae components are involved in ...
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Antigenic Determinants of Alpha-Like Proteins of Streptococcus agalactiae
... Streptococcus agalactiae (group B streptococcus [GBS]) has been classified into nine serotypes based on the capsular poly- saccharide antigens Ia, Ib, and II through ...
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RovS and Its Associated Signaling Peptide Form a Cell To Cell Communication System Required for Streptococcus agalactiae Pathogenesis
... molecules. Streptococcus agalactiae, an opportu- nistic pathogenic bacterium responsible for fatal infections in neonates and immunocompromised adults, has one copy of the shp/rgg ...S. agalactiae, ...
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vanG Element Insertions within a Conserved Chromosomal Site Conferring Vancomycin Resistance to Streptococcus agalactiae and Streptococcus anginosus
... invasive Streptococcus agalactiae iso- lates [GBS-NY and GBS-NM, both serotype II and multilocus sequence type 22] and one Streptococcus anginosus [Sa]) were ex- ...a Streptococcus ...
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Carriage and serotype distribution of Streptococcus agalactiae in third trimester pregnancy in southern Ghana
... Streptococcus agalactiae (group B streptococci, GBS) is a well-known human opportunistic pathogen primarily causing infections in newborns, the elderly and invasive disease in adults with underlying medical ...
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