Fluoroquinolone Resistance among Clonal Complex 1 Group B Streptococcus Strains

Can J Infect Dis Med Microbiol. 2016:2016:6403928. doi: 10.1155/2016/6403928. Epub 2016 Jul 31.

Abstract

Fluoroquinolone resistance in group B Streptococcus is increasingly being reported worldwide. Here, we correlated fluoroquinolone resistance with mutations in gyrA, gyrB, parC, and parE genes, identified by mining whole-genome sequencing (WGS) data of 190 clonal complex 1 group B Streptococcus strains recovered from patients with invasive diseases in North America. We report a high prevalence of fluoroquinolone resistance (12%) among GBS strains in our collection. Our approach is the first step towards accurate prediction of fluoroquinolone resistance from WGS data in this opportunistic pathogen.