Open AccessHigh-level aminoglycoside resistance in group A, B, G, D (Streptococcus bovis), and viridans streptococci
Author(s) -
T Horodniceanu,
Annie Buu-Hoï,
F Delbos,
G Bieth
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.07
H-Index - 259
eISSN - 1070-6283
pISSN - 0066-4804
DOI - 10.1128/aac.21.1.176
Subject(s) - streptococcus bovis , microbiology and biotechnology , kanamycin , neomycin , aminoglycoside , tetracycline , streptomycin , biology , streptococcus , chloramphenicol , streptococcus pyogenes , group a , antibiotics , medicine , bacteria , genetics , staphylococcus aureus , rumen , food science , fermentation
Of 20 clinical isolates of group A, B, G, D (Streptococcus bovis), and viridans streptococci, 5 transferred their antibiotic resistance markers into streptococcal recipients at a low frequency (10(-4) to 10(-8)) in the apparent absence of extrachromosomal elements. All strains carried genetic markers for high-level resistance to streptomycin, kanamycin, neomycin, lividomycin A, and ribostamycin, as well as resistance to macrolides and related drugs, tetracycline, and chloramphenicol.