Emergent Invasive Group A Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. Equisimilis, United States, 2015-2018.

We describe an emergent invasive S. dysgalactiae subspecies equisimilis lineage that obtained the group A antigen through a single ancestral recombination event between a group C S. dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis strain and group A S. pyogenes strain.
PMID: 31158071 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases - June 4, 2019 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Chochua S, Rivers J, Mathis S, Li Z, Velusamy S, McGee L, Van Beneden C, Li Y, Metcalf BJ, Beall B Tags: Emerg Infect Dis Source Type: research