| Literature DB >> 20350943 |
Renato Pires1, Carmen Ardanuy, Dora Rolo, Ana Morais, António Brito-Avô, José Gonçalo-Marques, Josefina Liñares, Ilda Santos-Sanches.
Abstract
We describe 66 ciprofloxacin-nonsusceptible Streptococcus pyogenes isolates recovered from colonized and infected children. The ParC S79A substitution was frequent and associated with the emm6/sequence type 382 (emm6/ST382) lineage. The ParC D83G substitution was detected in two isolates (emm5/ST99 and emm28/ST52 lineages). One isolate (emm89/ST101) had no quinolone resistance-determining region codon substitutions or other resistance mechanisms. Five of 66 isolates were levofloxacin resistant. Although fluoroquinolones are not used in children, they may be putative disseminators of fluoroquinolone-nonsusceptible strains in the community.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 20350943 PMCID: PMC2876401 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01536-09
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother ISSN: 0066-4804 Impact factor: 5.191