Group B Streptococcus Serotype III Sequence Type 283 Bacteremia Associated with Consumption of Raw Fish, Singapore

• Published in: Emerging infectious diseases Vol. 22; no. 11; pp. 1970 - 1973
• Main Authors: Tan, Shermin, Lin, Yijun, Foo, Kelly, Koh, Han Fang, Tow, Charlene, Zhang, Yiwen, Ang, Li Wei, Cui, Lin, Badaruddin, Hishamuddin, Ooi, Peng Lim, Lin, Raymond Tzer Pin, Cutter, Jeffery
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 01.11.2016; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Animals; Bacteremia; bacteria; Case-Control Studies; Child; Child, Preschool; Diabetes; Disease Outbreaks; Dispatch; Female; Fish as food; Fish Products - microbiology; Foodborne Diseases - epidemiology; Foodborne Diseases - microbiology; Genotype; Group B; group B Streptococcus; Humans; Infection; Male; Middle Aged; Population Surveillance; Retrospective Studies; Risk factors; sequence type 283; Serogroup; serotype III; Serotype III Sequence Type 283 Bacteremia Associated with Consumption of Chinese-Style Raw Fish Dish, Singapore; Singapore - epidemiology; Streptococcal Infections - epidemiology; Streptococcal Infections - microbiology; Streptococcal Infections - transmission; streptococci; Streptococcus agalactiae; Streptococcus agalactiae - classification; Young Adult; Singapore; raw foods; Singapore; bacteria; sequence type 283; streptococci; food safety; group B Streptococcus; serotype III; yusheng; food-borne infections; raw fish; outbreak; Streptococcus agalactiae
• ISSN: 1080-6040; 1080-6059
• DOI: 10.3201/eid2211.160210

We conducted a retrospective study of 40 case-patients and 58 controls as part of a nationwide investigation of a group B Streptococcus outbreak in Singapore in 2015. Eating a Chinese-style raw fish dish (yusheng) was a major risk factor for bacteremia, particularly caused by serotype III sequence type 283.