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MICROBIAL DRUG RESISTANCE-MECHANISMS EPIDEMIOLOGY AND DISEASE
卷 9, 期 1, 页码 87-91出版社
MARY ANN LIEBERT INC PUBL
DOI: 10.1089/107662903764736382
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A total of 357 clinical Streptococcus pyogenes isolates collected between 1994 and 1999 in Rio de Janeiro city were tested for susceptibility to 10 antimicrobial drugs by agar-diffusion tests. All isolates were susceptible to penicillin, cephems, and vancomycin. High resistance rates were observed for tetracycline (43.1%) and trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole (77.9%). Three isolates (0.8%) were resistant to erythromycin, and three exhibited intermediate susceptibility. Determination of the erythromycin MICs by the agar dilution method, showed 1.6% of erythromycin resistant isolates (the three erythromycin-resistant and the three erythromycin-intermediate isolates found by agar-diffusion test). Of the erythromycin-resistant isolates subjected to the double-disc diffusion test for erythromycin and clindamycin, three isolates expressed the iMLS(B) and three the M phenotype. The resistance phenotypes were confirmed by comparing the clindamycin MICs determined under normal testing conditions and those determined after induction by pre-growth in 0.06 mug/ml of erythromycin. Three ermTR and three mefA-containing isolates were detected by PCR. In strains belonging to the iMLS(B) phenotype, two clones were identified by PFGE following restriction with SmaI. M phenotype isolates could not be restricted with SmaI. Our results indicate a low rate of erythromycin resistance among S. pyogenes isolated in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and pointed to the presence of both resistance mechanisms found in streptococci.
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