Genetic diversity and antimicrobial resistance in group B Streptococcus colonizing young, nonpregnant women

Abstract

The genetic diversity of group B Streptococcus in young, non-pregnant women is not well studied. Application of multilocus sequence analysis to 85 group B Streptococcus strains recovered from college students revealed similarities and differences in distribution of group B Streptococcus lineages, compared with that of previously studied pregnant populations, and revealed that strains of 1 clone were associated with antibiotic resistance. © 2008 by the Infectious Diseases Society of America. All rights reserved.