Application of Whole-Genome Sequencing to an Unusual Outbreak of Invasive Group A Streptococcal Disease. Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • Whole-genome analysis was applied to investigate atypical point-source transmission of 2 invasive group A streptococcal (GAS) infections. Isolates were serotype M4, ST39, and genetically indistinguishable. Comparison with MGAS10750 revealed nonsynonymous polymorphisms in ropB and increased speB transcription. This study demonstrates the usefulness of whole-genome analyses for GAS outbreaks.

published proceedings

  • Open Forum Infect Dis

altmetric score

  • 1.5

author list (cited authors)

  • Galloway-Pea, J., Clement, M. E., Sharma Kuinkel, B. K., Ruffin, F., Flores, A. R., Levinson, H., ... Fowler, V. G.

citation count

  • 12

complete list of authors

  • Galloway-Peña, Jessica||Clement, Meredith E||Sharma Kuinkel, Batu K||Ruffin, Felicia||Flores, Anthony R||Levinson, Howard||Shelburne, Samuel A||Moore, Zack||Fowler, Vance G

publication date

  • January 2016