Isolation of quinupristin/dalfopristin-resistant Streptococcus agalactiae from asymptomatic Korean women.
Seven Streptococcus agalactiae isolates were obtained from the vagina of 80 asymptomatic women. Three of these isolates showed multi-drug resistant (MDR) phenotypes: two isolates were resistant to clarithromycin, clindamycin, erythromycin, and tetracycline; and one isolate was resistant to clarithromycin, clindamycin, erythromycin, tetracycline, and quinupristin/dalfopristin. There was no clonal relationship among the MDR isolates. This is the first report of quinupristin/dalfopristin-resistant S. agalactiae.
Nam
Hye Ran
HR
Culture Collection of Antimicrobial Resistant Microbes, Department of Biology, Seoul Women's University, Seoul 139-774, Republic of Korea.
Lee
Hak Mee
HM
Lee
Yeonhee
Y
D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007723:Korea; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D008875:Middle Aged; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D013292:Streptococcus agalactiae / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014626:Vaginal Smears; D014769:Virginiamycin / Q000494:pharmacology*
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D014769:Virginiamycin; C062940:quinupristin-dalfopristin