Spread of<i>Streptococcus suis</i>Sequence Type 7, China

Ye, Changyun; Bai, Xuemei; Zhang, Ji; Jing, Huaiqi; Zheng, Han; Du, Huamao; Cui, Zhigang; Zhang, Shouying; Jin, Dong; Xu, Yanmei; Xiong, Yanwen; Zhao, Ailan; Luo, Xia; Sun, Qiangzheng; Gottschalk, Marcelo; Xu, Jianguo

doi:10.3201/eid1405.070437

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Spread ofStreptococcus suisSequence Type 7, China

Published in Emerging infectious diseases • May 1, 2008

Authors:

Changyun Ye

Xuemei Bai

Ji Zhang

Abstract

Streptococcus suis sequence type (ST) 7 has been spreading throughout China. To determine events associated with its emergence, we tested 114 isolates. In all 106 ST7 strains responsible for human outbreaks and sporadic infections, the tetracycline-resistance gene, tetM, was detected on the conjugat...

Subject

Streptococcus suis

Tetracycline

Biology

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