Genetic islands of Streptococcus agalactiae strains NEM316 and 2603VR and their presence in other Group B Streptococcal strains

BACKGROUND: Streptococcus agalactiae (Group B Streptococcus; GBS) is a major contributor to obstetric and neonatal bacterial sepsis. Serotype III strains cause the majority of late-onset sepsis and meningitis in babies, and thus appear to have an enhanced invasive capacity compared with the other se...

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Autores principales: Herbert, Mark A, Beveridge, Catriona JE, McCormick, David, Aten, Emmelien, Jones, Nicola, Snyder, Lori AS, Saunders, Nigel J
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2005
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1175089/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15913462
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-5-31

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