Molecular characterization of Streptococcus agalactiae isolates harboring small erm(T)-carrying plasmids.

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).

SUBMITTER: Compain F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4249376 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature