ArticleMicrobiology spectrum2021
Group B Streptococcus CAMP Factor Does Not Contribute to Interactions with the Vaginal Epithelium and Is Dispensable for Vaginal Colonization in Mice.
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- Clinical and Epidemiological Landscape of Antimicrobial Resistance and Virulence inAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- CAMP-negative group B Streptococcus in pregnant women: molecular and clinical features with implications for diagnostics and neonatal management.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2026Article
- Group B streptococcal infections in pregnancy and early life.Clinical microbiology reviews · 2025Review
- Interspecies Interactions within the Host: the Social Network of Group BInfection and immunity · 2023Review
- Group B Streptococcus: Virulence Factors and Pathogenic Mechanism.Microorganisms · 2022Review
- Virulence, phenotype and genotype characteristics of invasive group B Streptococcus isolates obtained from Swedish pregnant women and neonates.Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials · 2022Article
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Abstract
The Gram-positive pathogen group B Streptococcus (GBS) is a leading cause of neonatal bacterial infections, preterm birth, and stillbirth. Although maternal GBS vaginal colonization is a risk factor for GBS-associated adverse birth outcomes, mechanisms promoting GBS vaginal persistence are not fully defined. GBS possesses a broadly conserved small molecule, CAMP factor, that is co-hemolytic in the presence of Staphylococcus aureus sphingomyelinase C. While this co-hemolytic reaction is commonly used by clinical laboratories to identify GBS, the contribution of CAMP factor to GBS vaginal persistence is unknown. Using
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