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Rafael S Duarte1, Bruna C Bellei, Otávio P Miranda, Maria A V P Brito, Lúcia M Teixeira.
Abstract
In the present report we describe the characteristics of 189 antimicrobial-resistant Streptococcus agalactiae isolates from bovine (38 isolates) and human (151 isolates) sources. All the strains were resistant to tetracycline (TET), and 16 (8.5%) were also resistant to erythromycin, corresponding to 23.7% of the TET-resistant bovine isolates and 4.6% of the TET-resistant human isolates. The tet(O), erm(B), and mreA resistance-related genes, as well as the bca and scpB virulence-related genes, were the most frequent among the bovine isolates, while the tet(M), erm(A), mreA, bca, lmb, and scpB genes were the most prevalent among the isolates from humans. Although a few major clusters were observed, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis results revealed a variety of profiles, reflecting the substantial genetic diversity among strains of this species isolated from either humans or bovines.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID: 15616281 PMCID: PMC538850 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.49.1.97-103.2005
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother ISSN: 0066-4804 Impact factor: 5.191