Molecular characterization of Streptococcus agalactiae isolates harboring small erm(T)-carrying plasmids.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 2014/11;58(11):6928-30.
Compain F[1], Hays C[2], Touak G[3], Dmytruk N[3], Trieu-Cuot P[4], Joubrel C[2], Poyart C[5]
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PMID: 25136004DOI: 10.1128/AAC.03855-14
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Abstract
Among 1,827 group B Streptococcus (GBS) strains collected between 2006 and 2013 by the French National Reference Center for Streptococci, 490 (26.8%) strains were erythromycin resistant. The erm(T) resistance gene was found in six strains belonging to capsular polysaccharides Ia, III, and V and was carried by the same mobilizable plasmid, which could be efficiently transferred by mobilization to GBS and Enterococcus faecalis recipients, thus promoting a broad dissemination of erm(T).
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Anti-Bacterial Agents; Bacterial Capsules; Bacterial Proteins; Base Sequence; Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; Erythromycin; Methyltransferases; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Plasmids; Sequence Analysis, DNA; Serotyping; Streptococcal Infections; Streptococcus agalactiae
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