Jpn. J. Infect. Dis., 59 (3), 182-185, 2006

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Short Communication

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 Ogata1, Masaaki Tomita2, Chihiro Katsukawa3, Ryuji Kawahara3, Rieko Suzuki4, Miyoko Endo5, Junko Isobe6, Daisuke Tanaka6, Kyoko Hirasawa7, Haruo Watanabe* and the Working Group for Streptococci in Japan

Department of Bacteriology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo 162-8640; 1Deapartment of Bacteriology, The Oita Prefectural Institute of Health and Environment, Oita 870-1117; 2Division of Biological Medicine, Yamaguchi Prefectual Research Institute of Public Health, Yamaguchi 753-0821; 3Department of Infectious Diseases, Osaka Prefectural Institute of Public Health, Osaka 537-0025; 4Department of Microbiology, Kanagawa Prefectural Public Health Laboratory, Kanagawa 253-0087; 5Department of Bacteriology, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Public Health, Tokyo 169-0073; 6Department of Bacteriology, Toyama Institute of Health, Toyama 939-0363; and 7Department of Microbiology, Fukushima Institute of Public Health, Fukushima 960-8560, Japan

(Received February 10, 2006. Accepted March 6, 2006)


*Corresponding author: Mailing address: Department of Bacteriology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Toyama 1-23-1, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8640, Japan. Tel/Fax: +81-3-5285-1171C E-mail: haruwata@nih.go.jp


SUMMARY: 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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