[HTML][HTML] Characterization of Clinical and Carrier Streptococcus agalactiae and Prophage Contribution to the Strain Variability

A Lichvariková, K Soltys, T Szemes, L Slobodnikova… - Viruses, 2020 - mdpi.com
Streptococcus agalactiae (group B Streptococcus, GBS) represents a leading cause of
invasive bacterial infections in newborns and is also responsible for diseases in older and …

[HTML][HTML] Diversity of Prophage DNA Regions of Streptococcus agalactiae Clonal Lineages from Adults and Neonates with Invasive Infectious Disease

M Salloum, N van Der Mee-Marquet… - PloS one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
The phylogenetic position and prophage DNA content of the genomes of 142 S. agalactiae
(group-B streptococcus, GBS) isolates responsible for bacteremia and meningitis in adults …

[HTML][HTML] Analysis of the prophages carried by human infecting isolates provides new insight into the evolution of Group B Streptococcus species

N van Der Mee-Marquet, SM Diene, L Barbera… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Objectives Group B Streptococcus (GBS) emerged in the 1970s as a major cause of
neonatal infections, and has been increasingly associated with infections in adults since the …

[HTML][HTML] Development and Application of a Prophage Integrase Typing Scheme for Group B Streptococcus

C Crestani, TL Forde, RN Zadoks - Frontiers in microbiology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Group B Streptococcus (GBS) is a gram-positive pathogen mainly affecting humans, cattle,
and fishes. Mobile genetic elements play an important role in the evolution of GBS, its …

Molecular Characterization and Prophage DNA Contents of Streptococcus agalactiae Strains Isolated from Adult Skin and Osteoarticular Infections

M Salloum, N van der Mee-Marquet… - Journal of clinical …, 2010 - Am Soc Microbiol
Skin and osteoarticular infections (SKI and OAI, respectively) account for almost one-third of
Streptococcus agalactiae infections in nonpregnant adults. We evaluated the genetic …

Population structure and virulence gene profiles of Streptococcus agalactiae collected from different hosts worldwide

M Morach, R Stephan, S Schmitt, C Ewers… - European Journal of …, 2018 - Springer
Streptococcus agalactiae is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among neonates and
causes severe infections in pregnant women and nonpregnant predisposed adults, in …

[HTML][HTML] Group B streptococcal colonization, molecular characteristics, and epidemiology

S Shabayek, B Spellerberg - Frontiers in microbiology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Streptococcus agalactiae or group B streptococcus (GBS) is a leading cause of serious
neonatal infections. GBS is an opportunistic commensal constituting a part of the intestinal …

Population structure, virulence factors and resistance determinants of invasive, non-invasive and colonizing Streptococcus agalactiae in Poland

E Sadowy, B Matynia… - Journal of Antimicrobial …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Objectives To analyse Streptococcus agalactiae (group B Streptococcus; GBS)
isolates collected in Poland from various human infections and carriage in respect of their …

Comparison of the Diversilab® system with multi-locus sequence typing and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis for the characterization of Streptococcus agalactiae …

M Al Nakib, M Longo, A Tazi, A Billoet… - Journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
Streptococcus agalactiae (or group B streptococcus; GBS) is a leading cause of neonatal
morbidity and mortality in the developed countries. Several epidemiological typing tools …

[HTML][HTML] Pathogenicity of Human ST23 Streptococcus agalactiae to Fish and Genomic Comparison of Pathogenic and Non-pathogenic Isolates

R Wang, L Li, Y Huang, T Huang, J Tang… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Streptococcus agalactiae, or Group B Streptococcus (GBS), is a major pathogen causing
neonatal sepsis and meningitis, bovine mastitis, and fish meningoencephalitis. CC23 …