Distribution of mef(A) in gram-positive bacteria from healthy Portuguese children |
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Authors: | Luna Vicki A Heiken Marc Judge Kathleen Ulep Catherine Van Kirk Nicole Luis Henrique Bernardo Mario Leitao Jose Roberts Marilyn C |
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Affiliation: | Department of Pathobiology, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA. |
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Abstract: | We screened 615 gram-positive isolates from 150 healthy children for the presence of the erm(A), erm(B), erm(C), erm(F), and mef(A) genes. The mef(A) genes were found in 20 (9%) of the macrolide-resistant isolates, including Enterococcus spp., Staphylococcus spp., and Streptococcus spp. Sixteen of the 19 gram-positive isolates tested carried the other seven open reading frames (ORFs) described in Tn1207.1, a genetic element carrying mef(A) recently described in Streptococcus pneumoniae. The three Staphylococcus spp. did not carry orf1 to orf3. A gram-negative Acinetobacter junii isolate also carried the other seven ORFs described in Tn1207.1. A Staphylococcus aureus isolate, a Streptococcus intermedius isolate, a Streptococcus sp. isolate, and an Enterococcus sp. isolate had their mef(A) genes completely sequenced and showed 100% identity at the DNA and amino acid levels with the mef(A) gene from S. pneumoniae. |
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