Emerging Infectious Diseases (Nov 2016)

Group B Streptococcus Sequence Type 283 Disease Linked to Consumption of Raw Fish, Singapore

  • Priyanka Rajendram,
  • Win Mar Kyaw,
  • Yee Sin Leo,
  • Hanley J. Ho,
  • Wen Kai Chen,
  • Raymond Lin,
  • De Partha Pratim,
  • Hishamuddin Badaruddin,
  • Brenda Ang,
  • Timothy Barkham,
  • Angela Chow

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2211.160252
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 22, no. 11
pp. 1974 – 1977

Abstract

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An outbreak of invasive group B Streptococcus (GBS) disease occurred in Singapore in mid-2015. We conducted a case–control study of 22 adults with invasive GBS infections during June 21–November 21, 2015. Consumption of raw fish was strongly associated with invasive sequence type 283 infections, but not with non–sequence type 283 infections.

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