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: 2012-02-06.


Bowers JR, Driebe EM, Nibecker JL, Wojack BR, Sarovich DS, Wong AH, Brzoska PM, Hubert N, Knadler A, Watson LM, Wagner DM, Furtado MR, Saubolle M, Engelthaler DM, Keim PS. Dominance of multidrug resistant CC271 clones in macrolide-resistant streptococcus pneumoniae in Arizona. BMC Microbiol 2012, 12:12

Ing J, Mason EO, Kaplan SL, Lamberth LB, Revell PA, Luna RA, Hulten KG. Characterization of non-typeableand atypical Streptococcus pneumoniae pediatric isolates from 1994-2010. J Clin Microbiol 2012, [Epub ahead of print]:

Martins ER, Melo-Cristino J, Ramirez M. Dominance of serotype Ia among group B streptococci causing invasive infections in non-pregnant adults in Portugal. J Clin Microbiol 2012, [Epub ahead of print]:

Vanderkooi OG, Church DL, Macdonald J, Zucol F, Kellner JD. Community-Based Outbreaks in Vulnerable Populations of Invasive Infections Caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae Serotypes 5 and 8 in Calgary, Canada. PLoS One 2011, 6:e28547

Nagano N, Nagano Y, Toyama M, Kimura K, Tamura T, Shibayama K, Arakawa Y. Nosocomial spread of multidrug-resistant group B streptococci with reduced penicillin susceptibility belonging to clonal complex 1. J Antimicrob Chemother 2011, [Epub ahead of print]:

Borek AL, Wilemska J, Izdebski R, Hryniewicz W, Sitkiewicz I. A new rapid and cost-effective method for detection of phages, ICEs and virulence factors encoded by Streptococcus pyogenes. Pol J Microbiol 2011, 60:187-201

Fittipaldi N, Xu J, Lacouture S, Tharavichitkul P, Osaki M, Sekizaki T, Takamatsu D, Gottschalk M. Lineage and Virulence of Streptococcus suis Serotype 2 Isolates from North America. Emerg Infect Dis 2011, 17:2239-44

El-Sharoud WM, Delorme C, Darwish MS, Renault P. Genotyping of Streptococcus thermophilus strains isolated from traditional Egyptian dairy products by sequence analysis of the phosphoserine phosphatase (serB) gene with phenotypic characterizations of the strains. J Appl Microbiol 2012, 112:329-37

De Francesco MA, Caracciolo S, Gargiulo F, Manca N. Phenotypes, genotypes, serotypes and molecular epidemiology of erythromycin-resistant Streptococcus agalactiae in Italy. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2011, [Epub ahead of print]:

Turner P, Melchiorre S, Moschioni M, Barocchi MA, Turner C, Watthanaworawit W, Kaewcharernnet N, Nosten F, Goldblatt D. Assessment of Streptococcus pneumoniae pilus islet-1 prevalence in carried and transmitted isolates from mother-infant pairs on the Thailand-Burma border. Clin Microbiol Infect 2011, [Epub ahead of print]:

Tang Y, Zhao H, Wu W, Wu D, Li X, Fang W. Genetic and virulence characterization of Streptococcus suis type 2 isolates from swine in the provinces of Zhejiang and Henan, China. Folia Microbiol (Praha) 2011, 56:541-8

Yin J, Yu S, Liu X, Li Y, Gao W, Zhou L, Ji L, Shen X, Yang Y. Molecular characterization of group G Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis recovered from patients and healthy people in China. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 2012, 72:41-6

Jensen A, Kilian M. Delineation of Streptococcus dysgalactiae, Its Subspecies, and Its Clinical and Phylogenetic Relationship to Streptococcus pyogenes. J Clin Microbiol 2012, 50:113-26

Melchiorre S, Camilli R, Pietrantoni A, Moschioni M, Berti F, Del Grosso M, Superti F, Barocchi MA, Pantosti A. Point mutations in wchA are responsible for non-typeability of two invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates. Microbiology 2011, [Epub ahead of print]:

Lukjancenko O, Ussery DW, Wassenaar TM. Comparative Genomics of Bifidobacterium, Lactobacillus and Related Probiotic Genera. Microb Ecol 2011, [Epub ahead of print]:

Pires R, Rolo D, Morais A, Brito-Avô A, Johansson C, Henriques-Normark B, Gonçalo-Marques J, Santos-Sanches I. Description of macrolide-resistant and potential virulent clones of Streptococcus pyogenes causing asymptomatic colonization during 2000-2006 in the Lisbon area. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2011, [Epub ahead of print]:

Zähner D, Gandhi AR, Yi H, Stephens DS. Mitis group streptococci express variable pilus islet 2 pili. PLoS One 2011, 6:e25124

Hanage WP, Bishop CJ, Lee GM, Lipsitch M, Stevenson A, Rifas-Shiman SL, Pelton SI, Huang SS, Finkelstein JA. Clonal replacement among 19A Streptococcus pneumoniae in Massachusetts, prior to 13 valent conjugate vaccination. Vaccine 2011, 29:8877-81

Elberse K, Witteveen S, van der Heide H, van de Pol I, Schot C, van der Ende A, Berbers G, Schouls L. Sequence Diversity within the Capsular Genes of Streptococcus pneumoniae Serogroup 6 and 19. PLoS One 2011, 6:e25018

McAllister LJ, Ogunniyi AD, Stroeher UH, Leach AJ, Paton JC. Contribution of serotype and genetic background to virulence of serotype 3 and serogroup 11 pneumococcal isolates. Infect Immun 2011, 79:4839-49

Leung MH, Oriyo NM, Gillespie SH, Charalambous BM. The adaptive potential during nasopharyngeal colonisation of Streptococcus pneumoniae. Infect Genet Evol 2011, 11:1989-95

Obszańska K, Borek AL, Izdebski R, Hryniewicz W, Sitkiewicz I. Multilocus variable number tandem repeat analysis (MLVA) of Streptococcus pyogenes. J Microbiol Methods 2011, 87:143-9

Do T, Gilbert SC, Klein J, Warren S, Wade WG, Beighton D. Clonal structure of Streptococcus sanguinis strains isolated from endocarditis cases and the oral cavity. Mol Oral Microbiol 2011, 26:291-302

Rakov AV, Ubukata K, Ashley Robinson D. Population structure of hyperinvasive serotype 12F, clonal complex 218 Streptococcus pneumoniae revealed by multilocus boxB sequence typing. Infect Genet Evol 2011, 11:1929-39

Dunne EM, Ong EK, Moser RJ, Siba PM, Phuanukoonnon S, Greenhill AR, Robins-Browne RM, Mulholland EK, Satzke C. Multilocus Sequence Typing of Streptococcus pneumoniae by Use of Mass Spectrometry. J Clin Microbiol 2011, 49:3756-60

Tanaka J, Ishiwada N, Wada A, Chang B, Hishiki H, Kurosaki T, Kohno Y. Incidence of childhood pneumonia and serotype and sequence-type distribution in Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates in Japan. Epidemiol Infect 2011, [Epub ahead of print]:1-11

Kimura K, Nagano N, Nagano Y, Wachino J, Suzuki S, Shibayama K, Arakawa Y. Predominance of sequence type 1 group with serotype VI among group B streptococci with reduced penicillin susceptibility identified in Japan. J Antimicrob Chemother 2011, 66:2460-4

Siira L, Jalava J, Tissari P, Vaara M, Kaijalainen T, Virolainen A. Clonality behind the increase of multidrug-resistance among non-invasive pneumococci in Southern Finland. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2011, [Epub ahead of print]:

Huber CA, McOdimba F, Pflueger V, Daubenberger CA, Revathi G. Characterization of Invasive and Colonizing Isolates of Streptococcus agalactiae in East African Adults. J Clin Microbiol 2011, 49:3652-5

Barroso DE, Godoy D, Castiñeiras TM, Tulenko MM, Rebelo MC, Harrison LH. β-lactam Resistance, Serotype Distribution, and Genotypes of Meningitis-causing Streptococcus pneumoniae, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2012, 31:30-36

McMillan DJ, Kaul SY, Bramhachari PV, Smeesters PR, Vu T, Karmarkar MG, Shaila MS, Sriprakash KS. Recombination Drives Genetic Diversification of Streptococcus dysgalactiae Subspecies equisimilis in a Region of Streptococcal Endemicity. PLoS One 2011, 6:e21346

Lartigue MF, Poulard AF, Al Safadi R, Pailhories H, Domelier-Valentin AS, van der Mee-Marquet N, Rosenau A, Quentin R. Variability of neuD transcription levels and capsular sialic acid expression among serotype III group B Streptococcus strains. Microbiology 2011, 157:3282-91

Ikryannikova LN, Lapin KN, Malakhova MV, Filimonova AV, Ilina EN, Dubovickaya VA, Sidorenko SV, Govorun VM. Misidentification of alpha-hemolytic streptococci by routine tests in clinical practice. Infect Genet Evol 2011, 11:1709-15

Haguenoer E, Baty G, Pourcel C, Lartigue MF, Domelier AS, Rosenau A, Quentin R, Mereghetti L, Lanotte P. A Multi Locus Variable Number of Tandem Repeat Analysis (MLVA) scheme for Streptococcus agalactiae genotyping. BMC Microbiol 2011, 11:171

Oishi T, Wada A, Chang B, Toyabe S, Uchiyama M. Serotyping and Multilocus Sequence Typing of Streptococcus pneumoniae Isolates from the Blood and Posterior Nares of Japanese Children Prior to the Introduction of 7-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine. Jpn J Infect Dis 2011, 64:341-4

Fluegge K, Wons J, Spellerberg B, Swoboda S, Siedler A, Hufnagel M, Berner R. Genetic differences between invasive and noninvasive neonatal group B streptococcal isolates. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2011, 30:1027-31

Xue L, Yao KH, Yu SJ, Liu ZJ, Qian J, Shen XZ, Yang YH. Molecular epidemiology of serotype 19A Streptococcus pneumoniae isolated from children in Beijing, 1997-2006. Chin Med J (Engl) 2011, 124:1769-74

Imperi M, Gherardi G, Berardi A, Baldassarri L, Pataracchia M, Dicuonzo G, Orefici G, Creti R. Invasive neonatal GBS infections from an area-based surveillance study in Italy. Clin Microbiol Infect 2011, 17:1834-9

Inverarity D, Diggle M, Ure R, Johnson P, Altstadt P, Mitchell T, Edwards G, Santana-Hernandez D. Molecular epidemiology and genetic diversity of pneumococcal carriage among children in Beni State, Bolivia. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 2011, 105:445-51

Michaelsen TE, Andreasson IK, Langerud BK, Caugant DA. Similar superantigen gene profiles and superantigen activity in norwegian isolates of invasive and non-invasive group a streptococci. Scand J Immunol 2011, 74:423-9

Martins ER, Andreu A, Correia P, Juncosa T, Bosch J, Ramirez M, Melo-Cristino J. Group B Streptococci Causing Neonatal Infections in Barcelona Are a Stable Clonal Population: 18-Year Surveillance. J Clin Microbiol 2011, 49:2911-2918

Tien N, Ho CM, Lin HJ, Shih MC, Ho MW, Lin HC, Lin HS, Chang CC, Lu JJ. Multilocus sequence typing of invasive group B Streptococcus in central area of Taiwan. J Microbiol Immunol Infect 2011, 44:430-4

Donkor ES, Bishop CJ, Antonio M, Wren B, Hanage WP. High Levels of Recombination among Streptococcus pneumoniae Isolates from the Gambia. MBio 2011, 2:

Lapirattanakul J, Nakano K, Nomura R, Leelataweewud P, Chalermsarp N, Klaophimai A, Srisatjaluk R, Hamada S, Ooshima T. Multilocus sequence typing analysis of Streptococcus mutans strains with the cnm gene encoding collagen-binding adhesin. J Med Microbiol 2011, 60:1677-84

Muñoz-Almagro C, Ciruela P, Esteva C, Marco F, Navarro M, Bartolome R, Sauca G, Gallés C, Morta M, Ballester F, Raga X, Selva L. Serotypes and clones causing invasive pneumococcal disease before the use of new conjugate vaccines in Catalonia, Spain. J Infect 2011, 63:151-62

Qian J, Yao K, Xue L, Xie G, Zheng Y, Wang C, Shang Y, Wang H, Wan L, Liu L, Li C, Ji W, Wang Y, Xu P, Yu S, Tang YW, Yang Y. Diversity of pneumococcal surface protein A (PspA) and relation to sequence typing in Streptococcus pneumoniae causing invasive disease in Chinese children. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2011, [Epub ahead of print]:

Elberse KE, van de Pol I, Witteveen S, van der Heide HG, Schot CS, van Dijk A, van der Ende A, Schouls LM. Population structure of invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae in The Netherlands in the pre-vaccination era assessed by MLVA and capsular sequence typing. PLoS One 2011, 6:e20390

Elberse KE, Nunes S, Sá-Leão R, van der Heide HG, Schouls LM. Multiple-Locus Variable Number Tandem Repeat Analysis for Streptococcus pneumoniae: Comparison with PFGE and MLST. PLoS One 2011, 6:e19668

Pimenta FC, Carvalho Mda, Gertz RE, Bastos-Rocha CG, Oliveira LS, Lacerda Pigosso L, Lima JA, Marquez Franco C, Andrade AL, Beall BW. Serotype and genotype distributions of pneumococcal carriage isolates recovered from Brazilian children attending day-care centres. J Med Microbiol 2011, 60:1455-9

Rolo D, Fenoll A, Ardanuy C, Calatayud L, Cubero M, de la Campa AG, Liñares J. Trends of invasive serotype 6C pneumococci in Spain: emergence of a new lineage. J Antimicrob Chemother 2011, 66:1712-8

Yao KH, Liu ZJ, Yu JG, Yu SJ, Yuan L, Nahm MH, Yang YH. Type distribution of serogroup 6 Streptococcus pneumoniae and molecular epidemiology of newly identified serotypes 6C and 6D in China. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 2011, 70:291-8

Urbásková P, Zemlicková H. [Antibiotic resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae and Streptococcus pyogenes in 1996-2009]. Epidemiol Mikrobiol Imunol 2011, 60:10-20

Kerdsin A, Dejsirilert S, Puangpatra P, Sripakdee S, Chumla K, Boonkerd N, Polwichai P, Tanimura S, Takeuchi D, Nakayama T, Nakamura S, Akeda Y, Gottschalk M, Sawanpanyalert P, Oishi K. Genotypic Profile of Streptococcus suis Serotype 2 and Clinical Features of Infection in Humans, Thailand. Emerg Infect Dis 2011, 17:835-842

Lowe CF, Bernard KA, Romney MG. Cutaneous diphtheria in the urban poor population of vancouver, british columbia, Canada: a 10-year review. J Clin Microbiol 2011, 49:2664-6

Zheng X, Zheng H, Lan R, Ye C, Wang Y, Zhang J, Jing H, Chen C, Segura M, Gottschalk M, Xu J. Identification of Genes and Genomic Islands Correlated with High Pathogenicity in Streptococcus suis Using Whole Genome Tilling Microarrays. PLoS One 2011, 6:e17987

Hoa NT, Chieu TT, Nga TT, Dung NV, Campbell J, Anh PH, Huu Tho H, Van Vinh Chau N, Bryant JE, Hien TT, Farrar J, Schultsz C. Slaughterhouse Pigs Are a Major Reservoir of Streptococcus suis Serotype 2 Capable of Causing Human Infection in Southern Vietnam. PLoS One 2011, 6:e17943

Sanz JC, Cercenado E, Marín M, Ramos B, Ardanuy C, Rodríguez-Avial I, Bouza E. Multidrug-resistant pneumococci (serotype 8) causing invasive disease in HIV+ patients. Clin Microbiol Infect 2011, 17:1094-8

Borovskaya AD, Ilina EN, Savinova TA, Sidorenko SV, Grudinina SA, Govorun VM. [Differentiation of α-hemolytic Streptococci by direct mass spectrometry profiling.] Bioorg Khim 2011, 37:61-69

Rolo D, Ardanuy C, Calatayud L, Pallares R, Grau I, García E, Fenoll A, Martín R, Liñares J. Characterization of invasive Pneumococci of serogroup 6 from adults in Barcelona, Spain, in 1994 to 2008. J Clin Microbiol 2011, 49:2328-30

Green MC, Mason EO, Kaplan SL, Lamberth LB, Stovall SH, Givner LB, Bradley JS, Tan TQ, Barson WJ, Hoffman JA, Lin PL, Hulten KG. Increase in Prevalence of Streptococcus pneumoniae Serotype 6C at Eight Childrens Hospitals in the United States from 1993 to 2009. J Clin Microbiol 2011, 49:2097-101

White B, Diggle M, Todd A, Dundas S, Inverarity D. A novel pneumococcus with a new association. Travel Med Infect Dis 2011, 9:84-7

Bley C, van der Linden M, Reinert RR. mef(A) is the predominant macrolide resistance determinant in Streptococcus pneumoniae and Streptococcus pyogenes in Germany. Int J Antimicrob Agents 2011, 37:425-31

Song JH, Baek JY, Ko KS. Comparison of Capsular Genes of Streptococcus pneumoniae Serotype 6A, 6B, 6C, and 6D Isolates. J Clin Microbiol 2011, 49:1758-64

Tyrrell GJ. The changing epidemiology of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 19A clonal complexes. J Infect Dis 2011, 203:1345-7

Baek JY, Ko KS, Kim SH, Kang CI, Chung DR, Peck KR, Song JH. Comparison of genotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes 6A and 6B before and after the introduction of PCV7 vaccination in Korea. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 2011, 69:370-5

Inverarity D, Lamb K, Diggle M, Robertson C, Greenhalgh D, Mitchell TJ, Smith A, Jefferies JM, Clarke SC, McMenamin J, Edwards GF. Death or survival from invasive pneumococcal disease in Scotland: associations with serogroups and multilocus sequence types. J Med Microbiol 2011, 60:793-802

Shin J, Baek JY, Kim SH, Song JH, Ko KS. Predominance of ST320 among Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 19A isolates from 10 Asian countries. J Antimicrob Chemother 2011, 66:1001-4

Al Nakib M, Longo M, Tazi A, Billoet A, Raymond J, Trieu-Cuot P, Poyart C. Comparison of the Diversilab(®) system with multi-locus sequence typing and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis for the characterization of Streptococcus agalactiae invasive strains. J Microbiol Methods 2011, 85:137-42

Jefferies JM, Tee WS, Clarke SC. Molecular analysis of Streptococcus pneumoniae clones causing invasive disease in children in Singapore. J Med Microbiol 2011, 60:750-5

Vainio A, Kaijalainen T, Hakanen AJ, Virolainen A. Prevalence of pilus-encoding islets and clonality of pneumococcal isolates from children with acute otitis media. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2011, 30:515-9

Sá-Leão R, Pinto F, Aguiar S, Nunes S, Carriço JA, Frazão N, Gonçalves-Sousa N, Melo-Cristino J, de Lencastre H, Ramirez M. Analysis of Invasiveness of Pneumococcal Serotypes and Clones Circulating in Portugal before Widespread Use of Conjugate Vaccines Reveals Heterogeneous Behavior of Clones Expressing the Same Serotype. J Clin Microbiol 2011, 49:1369-75

Pandya GA, McEllistrem MC, Venepally P, Holmes MH, Jarrahi B, Sanka R, Liu J, Karamycheva SA, Bai Y, Fleischmann RD, Peterson SN. Monitoring the long-term molecular epidemiology of the pneumococcus and detection of potential vaccine escape strains. PLoS One 2011, 6:e15950

Xu Q, Kaur R, Casey JR, Sabharwal V, Pelton S, Pichichero ME. Nontypeable Streptococcus pneumoniae as an otopathogen. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 2011, 69:200-4

Chang H, Shen X, Huang G, Fu Z, Zheng Y, Wang L, Li C, Liu L, Shen Y, Liu X, Yang Y. Molecular analysis of Streptococcus pyogenes strains isolated from Chinese children with pharyngitis. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 2011, 69:117-22

Domenech A, Ardanuy C, Calatayud L, Santos S, Tubau F, Grau I, Verdaguer R, Dorca J, Pallares R, Martin R, Liñares J. Serotypes and genotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae causing pneumonia and acute exacerbations in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. J Antimicrob Chemother 2011, 66:487-93

Ansaldi F, Canepa P, de Florentiis D, Bandettini R, Durando P, Icardi G. Increasing incidence of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 19A and emergence of two vaccine escape recombinant ST695 strains in Liguria, Italy, 7 years after implementation of the 7-valent conjugated vaccine. Clin Vaccine Immunol 2011, 18:343-5

Sakai F, Chiba N, Ono A, Yamagata Murayama S, Ubukata K, Sunakawa K, Takahashi T. Molecular epidemiologic characteristics of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates from children with meningitis in Japan from 2007 through 2009. J Infect Chemother 2011, 17:334-40

Jolley KA, Maiden MC. BIGSdb: Scalable analysis of bacterial genome variation at the population level. BMC Bioinformatics 2010, 11:595

Imai S, Ito Y, Ishida T, Hirai T, Ito I, Yoshimura K, Maekawa K, Takakura S, Niimi A, Iinuma Y, Ichiyama S, Mishima M. Distribution and clonal relationship of cell surface virulence genes among Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates in Japan. Clin Microbiol Infect 2011, 17:1409-1414

Bonofiglio L, Regueira M, Pace J, Corso A, García E, Mollerach M. Dissemination of an Erythromycin-Resistant Penicillin-Nonsusceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae Poland(6B)-20 Clone in Argentina. Microb Drug Resist 2011, 17:75-81

Xu Q, Kaur R, Casey JR, Adlowitz DG, Pichichero ME, Zeng M. Identification of Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae in culture-negative middle ear fluids from children with acute otitis media by combination of multiplex PCR and multi-locus sequencing typing. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 2011, 75:239-44

Straková L, Musílek M, Motlová J. Multilocus sequence types in Czech neonatal GBS strains from 2004 to 2008. Epidemiol Mikrobiol Imunol 2010, 59:45-7

Eun BW, Kim SJ, Cho EY, Lee J, Choi EH, Lee HJ. Genetic structure of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolated from children in a tertiary care university hospital, in Korea, 1995 to 2005. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 2010, 68:345-51

Richardson LJ, Tong SY, Towers RJ, Huygens F, McGregor K, Fagan PK, Currie BJ, Carapetis JR, Giffard PM. Preliminary validation of a novel high-resolution melt-based typing method based on the multilocus sequence typing scheme of Streptococcus pyogenes. Clin Microbiol Infect 2011, 17:1426-34

Hanage WP, Bishop CJ, Huang SS, Stevenson AE, Pelton SI, Lipsitch M, Finkelstein JA. Carried Pneumococci in Massachusetts Children: The Contribution of Clonal Expansion and Serotype Switching. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2011, 30:302-308

Chen CJ, Hsu KH, Lin TY, Hwang KP, Chen PY, Huang YC. Factors associated with nasal colonization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus among healthy children in Taiwan. J Clin Microbiol 2011, 49:131-7

Vickers I, OFlanagan D, Cafferkey M, Humphreys H. Multiplex PCR to determine Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes causing otitis media in the Republic of Ireland with further characterisation of antimicrobial susceptibilities and genotypes. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2011, 30:447-53

Teles C, Smith A, Ramage G, Lang S. Identification of clinically relevant viridans group streptococci by phenotypic and genotypic analysis. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2011, 30:243-50

Liu CL, Zhao CJ, Liu YD, Wang H. [Study of serotype distribution, antimicrobial resistance patterns and molecular epidemiology in 148 isolates of invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae]. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 2010, 90:1565-70

Li Y, Tomita H, Lv Y, Liu J, Xue F, Zheng B, Ike Y. Molecular characterization of erm(B)- and mef(E)-mediated erythromycin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in China and complete DNA sequence of Tn2010. J Appl Microbiol 2011, 110:254-65

Haenni M, Saras E, Bertin S, Leblond P, Madec JY, Payot S. Diversity and mobility of integrative and conjugative elements in bovine isolates of Streptococcus agalactiae, S. dysgalactiae subsp. dysgalactiae, and S. uberis. Appl Environ Microbiol 2010, 76:7957-65

Zhuo F, Xiao M, Kong F, Oftadeh S, Zhou F, Zhang J, Gilbert GL. Prevalence and genetic diversity of pneumococcal serogroup 6 in Australia. Clin Microbiol Infect 2011, 17:1246-53

Bratcher PE, Park IH, Oliver MB, Hortal M, Camilli R, Hollingshead SK, Camou T, Nahm MH. Evolution of the capsular gene locus of Streptococcus pneumoniae serogroup 6. Microbiology 2011, 157:189-98

Lambertsen L, Kerrn MB. Test of a novel Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 6C type specific polyclonal antiserum (factor antiserum 6d) and characterisation of serotype 6C isolates in Denmark. BMC Infect Dis 2010, 10:282

Melin M, Trzciński K, Meri S, Käyhty H, Väkeväinen M. The capsular serotype of Streptococcus pneumoniae is more important than the genetic background for resistance to complement. Infect Immun 2010, 78:5262-70

Sørensen UB, Poulsen K, Ghezzo C, Margarit I, Kilian M. Emergence and Global Dissemination of Host-Specific Streptococcus agalactiae Clones. MBio 2010, 1:

Satzke C, Ortika BD, Oftadeh S, Russell FM, Robins-Browne RM, Mulholland EK, Gilbert GL. Molecular epidemiology of Streptococcus pneumoniae serogroup 6 isolates from Fijian children, including newly identified serotypes 6C and 6D. J Clin Microbiol 2010, 48:4298-300

Tamayo E, Montes M, García-Medina G, García-Arenzana JM, Pérez-Trallero E. Spread of a highly mucoid Streptococcus pyogenes emm3/ST15 clone. BMC Infect Dis 2010, 10:233

Kuch A, Sadowy E, Skoczyńska A, Hryniewicz W. First report of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 6D isolates from invasive infections. Vaccine 2010, 28:6406-7

McMillan DJ, Bessen DE, Pinho M, Ford C, Hall GS, Melo-Cristino J, Ramirez M. Population genetics of Streptococcus dysgalactiae subspecies equisimilis reveals widely dispersed clones and extensive recombination. PLoS One 2010, 5:e11741

Andrade AL, Franco CM, Lamaro-Cardoso J, André MC, Oliveira LL, Kipnis A, Rocha CG, Andrade JG, Alves SL, Park IH, Nahm MH, Almeida SG, Brandileone MC. Non-typeable Streptococcus pneumoniae carriage isolates genetically similar to invasive and carriage isolates expressing capsular type 14 in Brazilian infants. J Infect 2010, 61:314-22

Garcia AF, Abe LM, Erdem G, Cortez CL, Kurahara D, Yamaga K. An insert in the covS gene distinguishes a pharyngeal and a blood isolate of Streptococcus pyogenes found in the same individual. Microbiology 2010, 156:3085-95

Diedrick MJ, Flores AE, Hillier SL, Creti R, Ferrieri P. Clonal analysis of colonizing group B Streptococcus, serotype IV, an emerging pathogen in the United States. J Clin Microbiol 2010, 48:3100-4

Nieto C, Sadowy E, de la Campa AG, Hryniewicz W, Espinosa M. The relBE2Spn toxin-antitoxin system of Streptococcus pneumoniae: role in antibiotic tolerance and functional conservation in clinical isolates. PLoS One 2010, 5:e11289

Sadowy E, Matynia B, Hryniewicz W. Population structure, virulence factors and resistance determinants of invasive, non-invasive and colonizing Streptococcus agalactiae in Poland. J Antimicrob Chemother 2010, 65:1907-14

Zemlickova H, Jakubu V, Urbaskova P, Motlova J, Musilek M, Adamkova V. Serotype-specific invasive disease potential of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Czech children. J Med Microbiol 2010, 59:1079-83

Radtke A, Lindstedt BA, Afset JE, Bergh K. Rapid multiple-locus variant-repeat assay (MLVA) for genotyping of Streptococcus agalactiae. J Clin Microbiol 2010, 48:2502-8

Hill PC, Townend J, Antonio M, Akisanya B, Ebruke C, Lahai G, Greenwood BM, Adegbola RA. Transmission of Streptococcus pneumoniae in rural Gambian villages: a longitudinal study. Clin Infect Dis 2010, 50:1468-76

Jefferies JM, Tocheva AS, Rubery H, Bennett J, Garland J, Christodoulides M, Faust SN, Smith A, Mitchell TJ, Clarke SC. Identification of novel pneumolysin alleles from paediatric carriage isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae. J Med Microbiol 2010, 59:808-14

Sadowy E, Kuch A, Gniadkowski M, Hryniewicz W. Expansion and evolution of the Streptococcus pneumoniae Spain9V-ST156 clonal complex in Poland. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2010, 54:1720-7

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, 48:1261-9

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

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This publication made use of the Streptococcus agalactiae MLST website (http://pubmlst.org/ sagalactiae/) developed by Man-Suen Chan and Keith Jolley and sited at the University of Oxford (Jolley et al. 2004, BMC Bioinformatics, 5:86). The development of this site has been funded by the Wellcome Trust.

Status

Profile database

Profiles: 573
Last updated: 2012-01-28

Isolate database

Isolates: 346
Last updated: 2012-01-28