Invasive Group B Streptococcus Infections Caused by Hypervirulent Clone of S. agalactiae Sequence Type 283, Hong Kong, China, 20211
Carmen Li
2, Herman Tse
2, Chendi Zhu, Garnet Kwan Yue Choi, Alfred Lok-Hang Lee, Jun Yang, Norman Wai-Sing Lo, Daisy Tsz-Yung Hui, Christina Kin-Yi Chow, Sandy Ka-Yee Chau, Jimmy Lam, Kristine Luk, Tak-Lun Que, Kitty Sau-Chun Fung, Cindy Tse, Sally Cheuk-Ying Wong, David Christopher Lung, Viola Chi-Ying Chow, and Margaret Ip
Author affiliation: The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China (C. Li, C. Zhu, J. Yang, N.W.-S. Lo, M. Ip); Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Singapore (H. Tse); Hong Kong Children’s Hospital, Hong Kong (G.K.Y. Choi, S.C.-Y. Wong, D.C. Lung); Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong (A.L.-H. Lee, V.C.-Y. Chow); Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong (D.T.-Y. Hui, C.K.-Y. Chow, S.C.-Y. Wong, D.C. Lung); United Christian Hospital, Hong Kong (S.K.-Y Chau, K.S.-C. Fung); Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, Hong Kong (J. Lam); Princess Margaret Hospital, Hong Kong (K. Luk); Tuen Mun Hospital, Hong Kong (T.-L. Que); Kwong Wah Hospital, Hong Kong (C. Tse)
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Figure 2. Whole-genome single-nucleotide polymorphism tree of group B Streptococcus isolates from patients, freshwater fish, and wet market environment in Hong Kong, China. The tree was rooted at midpoint. Demographics (including the week of isolate collection, hospital cluster, and source of isolate) and molecular characteristics (including STs, presence of antimicrobial resistance genes and virulence genes) of the isolates are indicated in the legend on the left side of the figure. ST283 highlighted in pink under column ST. Visualization of the tree was performed by using iTOL (https://itol.embl.de). ST, sequence type.
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