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A serotype VIII strain among colonizing group B streptococcal isolates in Boston, Massachusetts
L J Paoletti1, J Bradford, L C Paoletti
1Clinical Microbiology Department, Channing Laboratory, Boston Massachusetts 02115, USA. lpaoletti@channing.harvard.edu
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
|October 19, 1999
Abstract:
Maternal colonization with group B Streptococcus (GBS) is a risk factor for neonatal GBS disease. Whereas serotypes Ia, Ib, II, III, and V are prevalent in the United States, types VI and VIII predominate in Japan. Recently, a serotype VIII strain was detected among 114 clinical GBS isolates from a Boston, Mass., hospital.