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Volume 30, Number 8—August 2024
Dispatch
Group B Streptococcus Sequence Type 103 as Human and Bovine Pathogen, Brazil
Table 1
Origin of GBS isolates recovered from human and bovine samples submitted to whole-genome sequencing, Brazil*
Host | Clinical source | Region | Collection year | ST103 GBS | Non-ST103 GBS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Human† | Anovaginal carriage‡ |
Rio de Janeiro |
1979–2021 |
14 |
329 |
Oropharynx§ |
Rio de Janeiro |
1978–2014 |
2 |
8 |
|
Umbilical swab |
Rio de Janeiro |
2001 |
0 |
1 |
|
Semen |
Rio de Janeiro |
2017–2018 |
1 |
61 |
|
Urine | Rio de Janeiro | 1990–2019 | 0 | 16 | |
São Paulo | 2009 | 0 | 3 | ||
Porto Alegre | 2006 | 0 | 5 | ||
Cuiabá |
2009 |
0 |
2 |
||
Invasive disease specimens¶ |
Rio de Janeiro |
1990–2021 |
0 |
13 |
|
Bovine | Milk | Rio de Janeiro# | 1987–2007 | 17 | 38 |
Minas Gerais** | 1996–2021 | 6 | 51 | ||
São Paulo†† |
1987–2021 |
23 |
16 |
||
Farm environment | Minas Gerais§§ | 2010 | 4 | 1 |
*GBS, group B Streptococcus; ST, sequence type. †Human isolates were epidemiologically unrelated. ‡Anovaginal carriage: anovaginal specimens collected from pregnant women between the 35th and 37th gestational weeks during routine antenatal care. §Oropharynx: throat swab. ¶Invasive disease specimens: blood, cerebrospinal fluid, cerebrospinal fluid, bronchoalveolar lavage, peritoneal fluid, bone, abscess. #Isolates represent 18 farms and 53 cows. **Isolates represent 21 farms and 46 cows. ††Isolates represent 6 farms and 21 cows. §§Isolates represent 1 farm and 5 environmental samples.