Fluoroquinolone-resistant Streptococcus agalactiae isolates from Argentina

Rev Argent Microbiol. 2010 Jul-Sep;42(3):203-7.

Abstract

Fluoroquinolone resistance is a growing problem that has only recently emerged in S. agalactiae. Between 2005-2007, WHONET--Argentina network evaluated levofloxacin susceptibility in 1128 clinical S. agalactiae isolates, 10 (0.9%) of which proved to be resistant. Nine of them had come from 5 hospitals (in Buenos Aires City and 4 Argentinean provinces) and recovered from urine (n=7) and vaginal screening cultures (n=2). Three strains were also resistant to macrolides, lincosamides and B streptogramins due to the ermA gene. All nine fluoroquinolone-resistant isolates bore the same two mutations, Ser79Phe in ParC and Ser81Leu in GyrA proteins. Genetic relationships were analyzed by Apal-PFGE and two clones were determined, A (n=6) and B (n=3). To our knowledge, these are the first fluoroquinolone-resistant S. agalactiae isolates detected in Latin America.

Publication types

  • Multicenter Study

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
  • Argentina
  • Drug Resistance, Bacterial
  • Fluoroquinolones / pharmacology*
  • Humans
  • Streptococcus agalactiae / drug effects*
  • Streptococcus agalactiae / isolation & purification

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Fluoroquinolones