Human Streptococcus agalactiae isolate in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)

Emerg Infect Dis. 2009 May;15(5):774-6. doi: 10.3201/eid1505.080222.

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).

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Bacterial Typing Techniques
  • Colony Count, Microbial
  • Fish Diseases / microbiology
  • Fish Diseases / mortality*
  • Fish Diseases / pathology
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Meningitis, Bacterial / microbiology*
  • Meningitis, Bacterial / transmission
  • Serotyping
  • Streptococcal Infections / microbiology
  • Streptococcal Infections / mortality
  • Streptococcal Infections / transmission
  • Streptococcal Infections / veterinary*
  • Streptococcus agalactiae / classification
  • Streptococcus agalactiae / isolation & purification*
  • Streptococcus agalactiae / pathogenicity*
  • Tilapia / microbiology*
  • Virulence