Gonzalez JJ, Andreu A. Multicenter study of the mechanisms of resistance and clonal relationships of Streptococcus agalactiae isolates resistant to macrolides, lincosamides, and ketolides in Spain.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2005;
49:2525-7. [PMID:
15917563 PMCID:
PMC1140544 DOI:
10.1128/aac.49.6.2525-2527.2005]
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Abstract
Macrolide, lincosamide, and ketolide mechanisms of resistance and clonal relationships were characterized in a collection of 79 resistant group B streptococcus isolates obtained from neonates or pregnant women. The erm(B), erm(TR), and mef(A) genes were present in 62%, 30.4%, and 3.8% of the isolates, respectively. There was considerable clonal diversity among them.
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