Surveillance of Severe Invasive Group G Streptococcal Infections in Japan during 2002–2008

Tadayoshi Ikebe; Yuuko Oguro; Kikuyo Ogata; Chihiro Katsukawa; Junko Isobe; Tomoko Shima; Rieko Suzuki; Hitomi Ohya; Kiyoshi Tominaga; Rumi Okuno; Yumi Uchitani; Yuki Tada; Nobuhiko Okabe; Haruo Watanabe; The Working Group for β-hemolytic Streptococci in Japan

doi:10.7883/yoken.63.372

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Surveillance of Severe Invasive Group G Streptococcal Infections in Japan during 2002–2008

Tadayoshi Ikebe, Yuuko Oguro, Kikuyo Ogata, Chihiro Katsukawa, Junko Isobe, Tomoko Shima, Rieko Suzuki, Hitomi Ohya, Kiyoshi Tominaga, Rumi Okuno, Yumi Uchitani, Yuki Tada, Nobuhiko Okabe, Haruo Watanabe, The Working Group for β-hemolytic Streptococci in Japan

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Tadayoshi Ikebe
Department of Bacteriology I, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan
Yuuko Oguro
Department of Bacteriology, Fukushima Institute of Public Health, Japan
Kikuyo Ogata
Department of Bacteriology, The Oita Prefectural Institute of Health and Environment, Japan
Chihiro Katsukawa
Department of Microbiology, Osaka Prefectural Institute of Public Health, Japan
Junko Isobe
Department of Bacteriology, Toyama Institute of Health, Japan
Tomoko Shima
Department of Bacteriology, Toyama Institute of Health, Japan
Rieko Suzuki
Department of Microbiology, Kanagawa Prefectural Institute of Public Health, Japan
Hitomi Ohya
Department of Microbiology, Kanagawa Prefectural Institute of Public Health, Japan
Kiyoshi Tominaga
Department of Public Health Sciences, Yamaguchi Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environment, Japan
Rumi Okuno
Department of Microbiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Public Health, Japan
Yumi Uchitani
Department of Microbiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Public Health, Japan
Yuki Tada
Infectious Disease Surveillance Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan
Nobuhiko Okabe
Infectious Disease Surveillance Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan
Haruo Watanabe
Department of Bacteriology I, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan
The Working Group for β-hemolytic Streptococci in Japan

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2010 Volume 63 Issue 5 Pages 372-375

DOI https://doi.org/10.7883/yoken.63.372

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Abstract

Group G Streptococcus strains isolated from patients with severe invasive infections in the period 2002–2008 were surveyed and their prevalence compared with that observed in the period 1995–2001 in Japan. Strains with genotypes stg485, stg6792, stc36, stg6, and stg652 were isolated in both periods, whereas various new genotypes appeared in 2002–2008 and some genotypes found in 1995–2001 were not found subsequently, thus indicating a change in the prevalent genotyped strains causing severe invasive streptococcal infections.

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