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Volume 22, Number 11—November 2016
Research

Immune Responses to Invasive Group B Streptococcal Disease in Adults

Morven S. EdwardsComments to Author , Marcia A. Rench, C. Daniela Rinaudo, Monica Fabbrini, Giovanna Tuscano, Giada Buffi, Erika Bartolini, Stefano Bonacci, Carol J. Baker, and Immaculada Margarit
Author affiliations: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA (M.S. Edwards, M.A. Rench, C.J. Baker); GSK Vaccines, S.r.l., Siena, Italy (C.D. Rinaudo, M. Fabbrini, G. Tuscano, G. Buffi, E. Bartolini, S. Bonacci, I. Margarit)

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CPS type and PI distribution and expression in 102 group B Streptococcus isolates from adults with invasive infection, Houston, Texas, USA. A) CPS distribution of isolates by capillary precipitin method and latex agglutination assay (indicating CPS expression). B) Correlation between CC distribution and CPS genotype by PCR. C) PI and CPS distribution by genotype. D) Relationship between pilus genotype distribution and pilus expression in isolates expressing >1 pilus type on their surface. CC,

Figure 1. CPS type and PI distribution and expression in 102 group B Streptococcus isolates from adults with invasive infection, Houston, Texas, USA. A) CPS distribution of isolates by capillary precipitin method and latex agglutination assay (indicating CPS expression). B) Correlation between CC distribution and CPS genotype by PCR. C) PI and CPS distribution by genotype. D) Relationship between pilus genotype distribution and pilus expression in isolates expressing >1 pilus type on their surface. CC, clonal complex; CPS, capsular polysaccharide; NT, nontypeable; PI, pilus island.

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