title: Spread of Streptococcus suis sequence type 7, China.
abstract: Streptococcus suis sequence type (ST) 7 has been spreading throughout China. To determine events associated with its emergence, we tested 114 isolates. In all 106 ST7 strains responsible for human outbreaks and sporadic infections, the tetracycline-resistance gene, tetM, was detected on the conjugative transposon Tn916. Horizontal transmission of tetM is suspected.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Changyun
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.forename: Xuemei
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Bai
authors.forename: Ji
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Huaiqi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jing
authors.forename: Han
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Huamao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Du
authors.forename: Zhigang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Cui
authors.forename: Shouying
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Dong
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Yanmei
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Yanwen
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xiong
authors.forename: Ailan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Xia
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: Qiangzheng
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Marcelo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gottschalk
authors.forename: Jianguo
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D003227:Conjugation, Genetic; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D022761:Gene Transfer, Horizontal; D006801:Humans; D010802:Phylogeny; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission*; D017011:Streptococcus suis / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013552:Swine; D013553:Swine Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D013753:Tetracycline Resistance / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; C083138:Tet M resistance protein, Bacteria