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Genetic relatedness of group A streptococci of the newly designated serotype M90 causing a food-borne outbreak and sporadic infections

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2001

S. POURNARAS ,
A. EFSTRATIOU ,
J. DOUBOYAS ,
R. C. GEORGE  and
A. TSAKRIS
S. POURNARAS
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology, AHEPA University Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
A. EFSTRATIOU
Affiliation:
Respiratory and Systemic Infections Laboratory, Central Public Health Laboratory, London, UK
J. DOUBOYAS
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology, AHEPA University Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
R. C. GEORGE
Affiliation:
Respiratory and Systemic Infections Laboratory, Central Public Health Laboratory, London, UK
A. TSAKRIS
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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Abstract

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Twenty-six isolates of the newly designated M90 serotype group A Streptococcus (GAS) from a large food-borne outbreak of pharyngitis in Greece and six M90 sporadic isolates from UK, were typed by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE). Twenty-four outbreak isolates were identical and two closely related. The Greek isolates were possibly related with one UK isolate, while other sporadic isolates exhibited distinct PFGE profiles from the former isolates.

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Research Article
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Epidemiology & Infection , Volume 125 , Issue 2 , October 2000 , pp. 299 - 301
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© 2000 Cambridge University Press