Interspecies Recombination Occurs Frequently in Quinolone Resistance-Determining Regions of Clinical Isolates of Streptococcus pyogenes

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
2008.0

Abstract

Fluoroquinolone resistance in Streptococcus pyogenes has been reported only anecdotally, but a recent Belgian surveillance study found a rate of nonsusceptibility of 5.4%. From an analysis of these isolates, we show that interspecies horizontal gene transfer within the parC quinolone resistance-determining region is a frequent phenomenon that might contribute to fluoroquinolone resistance.

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