Invasive Group B Streptococcus Infections Caused by Hypervirulent Clone of S. agalactiae Sequence Type 283, Hong Kong, China, 2021

During September–October 2021, group B Streptococcus bloodstream infections surged among patients hospitalized in Hong Kong. Of 95 cases, 57 were caused by the hypervirulent strain sequence type 283, which at the time was also found in freshwater fish and wet market environments and thus poses a tra...

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Published in:Emerging infectious diseases 2025-01, Vol.31 (1), p.149-154
Main Authors: Li, Carmen, Tse, Herman, Zhu, Chendi, Choi, Garnet Kwan Yue, Lee, Alfred Lok-Hang, Yang, Jun, Lo, Norman Wai-Sing, Hui, Daisy Tsz-Yung, Chow, Christina Kin-Yi, Chau, Sandy Ka-Yee, Lam, Jimmy, Luk, Kristine, Que, Tak-Lun, Fung, Kitty Sau-Chun, Tse, Cindy, Wong, Sally Cheuk-Ying, Lung, David Christopher, Chow, Viola Chi-Ying, Ip, Margaret
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Dispatch
GBS
group B Streptococcus
Infections Caused by Hypervirulent Clone of
Invasive Group B
meningitis
sepsis
Sequence Type 283, Hong Kong, 2021
ST283
Streptococcus agalactiae
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Summary:During September–October 2021, group B Streptococcus bloodstream infections surged among patients hospitalized in Hong Kong. Of 95 cases, 57 were caused by the hypervirulent strain sequence type 283, which at the time was also found in freshwater fish and wet market environments and thus poses a transmission threat.
ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI:10.3201/eid3101.231627