Predominance of III/ST19 and Ib/ST10 Lineages With High Multidrug Resistance in Fluoroquinolone-Resistant Group B Streptococci Isolates in Which a New Integrative and Conjugative Element Was Identified

Predominance of III/ST19 and Ib/ST10 Lineages With High Multidrug Resistance in Fluoroquinolone-Resistant Group B Streptococci Isolates in Which a New Integrative and Conjugative Element Was Identified

Fluoroquinolone (FQ)-resistant Group B Streptococcus (GBS) has been reported with considerable cross-resistance, worsening the crisis of multidrug-resistant (MDR) GBS in clinical settings. However, national epidemiological data on FQ-resistant GBS in mainland China have not been well-characterized....

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Main Authors: Kankan Gao, Chunyan Gao, Lianfen Huang, Xiaoshan Guan, Wenjing Ji, Chien-Yi Chang, David J. McIver, Qiulian Deng, Huamin Zhong, Yongqiang Xie, Lei Deng, Fei Gao, Lanlan Zeng, Haiying Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
fluoroquinolone
group B Streptococcus
multi-drug resistance
antimicrobial resistance
neonatal invasive infection
maternal colonization
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2020.609526/full

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