Molecular Characterization of Streptococcus agalactiae Isolates Harboring Small erm(T)-Carrying Plasmids

Fabrice Compain; Constantin Hays; Gérald Touak; Nicolas Dmytruk; Patrick Trieu-Cuot; Caroline Joubrel; Claire Poyart

doi:10.1128/aac.03855-14

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Molecular Characterization of Streptococcus agalactiae Isolates Harboring Small erm(T)-Carrying Plasmids

Fabrice Compain ¹ Constantin Hays ^{2, 1} Gérald Touak ^{1, 2} Nicolas Dmytruk ^{1, 2} Patrick Trieu-Cuot ³ Caroline Joubrel ^{1, 2} Claire Poyart ^{1, 3, 2}

1 Centre national de Référence des Streptocoques (CNR)

2 DHU Risques Et Grossesse

3 Biologie des Bactéries pathogènes à Gram-positif

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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Life Sciences [q-bio] / Microbiology and Parasitology / Bacteriology

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