Human Streptococcus agalactiae Isolate in Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)

• Published in: Emerging infectious diseases Vol. 15; no. 5; pp. 774 - 776
• Main Authors: Evans, Joyce J, Klesius, Phillip H, Pasnik, David J, Bohnsack, John F
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 01-05-2009; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Subjects: Animals; bacterial infections; Bacterial Typing Techniques; Causes of; Colony Count, Microbial; Dispatch; Distribution; fish; fish diseases; Fish Diseases - microbiology; Fish Diseases - mortality; Fish Diseases - pathology; group B streptococci; Health aspects; Humans; Identification and classification; Infant, Newborn; Meningitis; Meningitis, Bacterial - microbiology; Meningitis, Bacterial - transmission; multilocus sequence types; Nile tilapia; Oreochromis niloticus; serotypes; Serotyping; signs and symptoms (animals and humans); Streptococcal Infections - microbiology; Streptococcal Infections - mortality; Streptococcal Infections - transmission; Streptococcal Infections - veterinary; streptococci; Streptococcus agalactiae; Streptococcus agalactiae - classification; Streptococcus agalactiae - isolation & purification; Streptococcus agalactiae - pathogenicity; Tilapia; Tilapia - microbiology; Virulence; Zoonoses; United States
• ISSN: 1080-6059; 1080-6040; 1080-6059
• DOI: 10.3201/eid1505.080222

Streptococcus agalactiae, the Lancefi eld group B streptococcus (GBS) long recognized as a mammalian pathogen, is an emerging concern with regard to fi sh. 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).