Distribution of emm types and genetic characterization of the mgc locus in group G Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis from a hospital in northern Taiwan.

Sung-Pin Tseng , Yu-Yin Lin , Jui-Chang Tsai , Po-Ren Hsueh , Hsiao-Jan Chen , Wei-Chun Hung , Lee-Jene Teng

J Clin Microbiol

Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences and Medical Biotechnology, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, 1 Chang-Te Street, Taipei 100, Taiwan.

Published: August 2010

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A total of 274 Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis isolates was analyzed by emm typing and by determining the organization of their mgrC loci. Three of the most frequent emm types were stG485.0 (45/274, 16.4%), stG6.1 (43/274, 15.7%), and stC839.0 (32/274, 11.7%), in decreasing order. The cpdB-positive mgrC locus appears to be predominant in some emm types.

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