Clonal spread of emm type 28 isolates of Streptococcus pyogenes that are multiresistant to antibiotics.
Fifty-three pharyngitis-related and invasive isolates of Streptococcus pyogenes that are resistant to bacitracin were collected. They were also resistant to streptomycin, kanamycin, macrolides, lincosamides, and streptogramin B. These multiresistant isolates were of emm type 28 and clonally related as shown by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis.
Centre National de Référence des Streptocoques, Service de Microbiologie, Hôtel Dieu, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Université Paris V, 1 place du Parvis Notre-Dame, 75181 Paris Cedex 04, France.
Liliana
L
Mihaila-Amrouche
Anne
A
Bouvet
Julien
J
Loubinoux
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001414:Bacitracin / Q000494:pharmacology; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D018432:Drug Resistance, Multiple; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D006801:Humans; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D010612:Pharyngitis / Q000382:microbiology*; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013297:Streptococcus pyogenes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity*
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D001414:Bacitracin