TY - JOUR AU - Chang, Bin AU - Morita, Masatomo AU - Nariai, Akiyoshi AU - Kasahara, Kei AU - Kakutani, Akira AU - Ogawa, Michinaga AU - Ohnishi, Makoto AU - Oishi, Kazunori T1 - Invasive Streptococcus oralis Expressing Serotype 3 Pneumococcal Capsule, Japan T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2022 VL - 28 IS - 8 SP - 1720 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We report 2 adult cases of invasive disease in Japan caused by Streptococcus oralis that expressed the serotype 3 pneumococcal capsule and formed mucoid colonies. Whole-genome sequencing revealed that the identical serotype 3 pneumococcal capsule locus and hyl fragment were recombined into the genomes of 2 distinct S. oralis strains. KW - Streptococci KW - bacteria KW - Streptococcus oralis KW - serotype 3 pneumococcal capsule KW - mucoid phenotype KW - multifragment recombination KW - hyl KW - antimicrobial resistance KW - Japan DO - 10.3201/eid2808.212176 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/28/8/21-2176_article ER - End of Reference