Human Streptococcus agalactiae Isolate in Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)

Abstract

Streptococcus agalactiae, the Lancefield group B streptococcus (GBS) long recognized as a mammalian pathogen, is an emerging concern with regard to fish. We show that a GBS serotype Ia multilocus sequence type ST-7 isolate from a clinical case of human neonatal meningitis caused disease and death in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus).

Keywords

• Zoonoses
• streptococci
• Streptococcus agalactiae
• group B streptococci
• fish
• Nile tilapia