Distribution of antimicrobial resistance and virulence-related genes among Brazilian group B streptococci recovered from bovine and human sources

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2005 Jan;49(1):97-103. doi: 10.1128/AAC.49.1.97-103.2005.

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.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Bacterial Proteins / genetics*
  • Brazil / epidemiology
  • Cattle
  • Cattle Diseases / epidemiology
  • Cattle Diseases / microbiology
  • Drug Resistance, Bacterial / genetics*
  • Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
  • Erythromycin / pharmacology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Mastitis, Bovine / epidemiology
  • Mastitis, Bovine / microbiology*
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Streptococcal Infections / epidemiology
  • Streptococcal Infections / microbiology*
  • Streptococcus agalactiae / drug effects
  • Streptococcus agalactiae / genetics
  • Streptococcus agalactiae / pathogenicity*
  • Tetracycline / pharmacology
  • Virulence / genetics

Substances

  • Bacterial Proteins
  • Erythromycin
  • Tetracycline