Surveillance of Group B Streptococcal Toxic Shock-Like Syndrome in Nonpregnant Adults and Characterization of the Strains in Japan

Bin Chang; Tadayoshi Ikebe; Akihito Wada; Kikuyo Ogata; Masaaki Tomita; Chihiro Katsukawa; Ryuji Kawahara; Rieko Suzuki; Miyoko Endo; Junko Isobe; Daisuke Tanaka; Kyoko Hirasawa; Haruo Watanabe; the Working Group for Streptococci in Japan

doi:10.7883/yoken.JJID.2006.182

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Surveillance of Group B Streptococcal Toxic Shock-Like Syndrome in Nonpregnant Adults and Characterization of the Strains in Japan

Bin Chang, Tadayoshi Ikebe, Akihito Wada, Kikuyo Ogata, Masaaki Tomita, Chihiro Katsukawa, Ryuji Kawahara, Rieko Suzuki, Miyoko Endo, Junko Isobe, Daisuke Tanaka, Kyoko Hirasawa, Haruo Watanabe, the Working Group for Streptococci in Japan

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Bin Chang
Department of Bacteriology I, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan
Tadayoshi Ikebe
Department of Bacteriology I, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan
Akihito Wada
Department of Bacteriology I, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan
Kikuyo Ogata
Department of Bacteriology, The Oita Prefectural Institute of Health and Environment, Japan
Masaaki Tomita
Division of Biological Medicine, Yamaguchi Prefectural Research Institute of Public Health, Japan
Chihiro Katsukawa
Department of Infectious Diseases, Osaka Prefectural Institute of Public Health, Japan
Ryuji Kawahara
Department of Infectious Diseases, Osaka Prefectural Institute of Public Health, Japan
Rieko Suzuki
Department of Microbiology, Kanagawa Prefectural Public Health Laboratory, Japan
Miyoko Endo
Department of Bacteriology, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Public Health, Japan
Junko Isobe
Department of Bacteriology, Toyama Institute of Health, Japan
Daisuke Tanaka
Department of Bacteriology, Toyama Institute of Health, Japan
Kyoko Hirasawa
Department of Microbiology, Fukushima Institute of Public Health, Japan
Haruo Watanabe
Department of Bacteriology I, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan
the Working Group for Streptococci in Japan

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2006 Volume 59 Issue 3 Pages 182-185

DOI https://doi.org/10.7883/yoken.JJID.2006.182

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Abstract

Nine group B streptococci (GBS) strains were isolated from five toxic shock-like syndrome cases of nonpregnant adults in Japan from 2001 to 2005. All of them were identified as Streptococcus agalactiae. The serotypes of these strains were Ib, III, V, and VII. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis revealed that the patterns of the strains isolated from the different patients were variable. Antimicrobial susceptibility tests showed that all of the strains were susceptible to penicillin G, ampicillin, cefotaxime, clindamycin, and telithromycin. One strain showed intermediate resistance to erythromycin.

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