Serotype-Switch Variant of Multidrug-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae Sequence Type 271.

ABSTRACT: We discovered 3 invasive, multidrug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates of vaccine-refractory capsular serotype 3 that recently arose within the successful sequence type 271 complex through a serotype switch recombination event. Mapping genomic recombination sites within the serotype 3/sequence type 271 progeny revealed a 55.9-kb donated fragment that encompassed cps3, pbp1a, and additional virulence factors.

SUBMITTER: Scherer EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8153891 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature