Introduction of New Clones of Penicillin-Nonsusceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae in Hong Kong
AUTOR(ES)
Ip, Margaret
FONTE
American Society for Microbiology
RESUMO
Analysis of penicillin-nonsusceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae (PNSP) isolates in Hong Kong by use of a combination of antibiogram typing, serotyping, multilocus sequence typing, and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis indicated that the dissemination of PNSP was the result of the spread of international clones: variants of the Spain23F-1 or Spain6B-2 clones were the predominant PNSP isolates from 1994 to 1997 and remained so, but Taiwan19F-14 and Taiwan serotype 6B clones were disseminated in Hong Kong in 1999 and 2000. Concomitant changes in antibiotic susceptibility profiles, with the rate of susceptibility to chloramphenicol rising from 10% in the period from 1994 to 1997 to 31% (P < 0.001) in 1999 and 2000, were noted to accompany the shift of clones.
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