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).
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Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
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Bacterial Capsules / genetics
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Bacterial Proteins / genetics*
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Base Sequence
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Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial / genetics*
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Erythromycin / pharmacology*
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Methyltransferases / genetics*
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Microbial Sensitivity Tests
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Plasmids / genetics
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Sequence Analysis, DNA
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Serotyping
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Streptococcal Infections / drug therapy
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Streptococcal Infections / microbiology
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Streptococcus agalactiae / drug effects*
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Streptococcus agalactiae / genetics*
Substances
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Anti-Bacterial Agents
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Bacterial Proteins
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capsular polysaccharide, streptoccal group B type V
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Erythromycin
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ErmTR protein, bacteria
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Methyltransferases