TY - JOUR AU - Tan, Shermin AU - Lin, Yijun AU - Foo, Kelly AU - Koh, Han Fang AU - Tow, Charlene AU - Zhang, Yiwen AU - Ang, Li Wei AU - Cui, Lin AU - Badaruddin, Hishamuddin AU - Ooi, Peng Lim AU - Lin, Raymond Tzer Pin AU - Cutter, Jeffery T1 - Group B Streptococcus Serotype III Sequence Type 283 Bacteremia Associated with Consumption of Raw Fish, Singapore T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2016 VL - 22 IS - 11 SP - 1970 SN - 1080-6059 AB - 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. KW - group B Streptococcus KW - streptococci KW - Streptococcus agalactiae KW - sequence type 283 KW - serotype III KW - bacteria KW - outbreak KW - raw fish KW - raw foods KW - food-borne infections KW - Singapore KW - yusheng KW - food safety DO - 10.3201/eid2211.160210 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/22/11/16-0210_article ER - End of Reference