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Molecular epidemiology of penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae isolated in central Taiwan

Authors :
Yeu-Jun Lau
Chang-Phone Fung
Zhi-Yuan Shi
Peter Yuk-Fong Liu
Bor-Shen Hu
Yu-Hui Lin
Source :
Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. 31:511-515
Publication Year :
1998
Publisher :
Elsevier BV, 1998.

Abstract

Previous studies have suggested that penicillin-resistant pneumococcal isolates (especially those with MIC >1 μg/mL) usually are clonally related. To test this hypothesis, the molecular epidemiology of 29 clinical isolates of penicillin-resistant pneumococci (of which 83% were also resistant to either cefotaxime or ceftriaxone) collected in central Taiwan was investigated by pulsed field gel electrophoresis. Twenty-seven distinct patterns were identified. Our results indicate that an increase in penicillin-resistant S. pneumoniae between April 1993 and June 1994 in central Taiwan is not due to the clonal dissemination of a limited number of epidemic strains.

Details

ISSN :
07328893
Volume :
31
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....3303bcfe8d7ae94e4f62ab04ca0241c2