The evolution and dissemination of macrolide-resistance Streptococcus pneumoniae in Shanghai / 中华检验医学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To determine the genetic background and evolutional route of macrolideresistance Streptococcus pneumoniae(MRSP)strains in Shanghai.Methods Forty-seven MRSP clinical isolates were genotyped by pulse field gel electrophoresis(PFGE)to detect the donal relationship of therm.Serotyping and muhilocus sequence typing(MIST)on 6 multi-resistant strains wag used to investigate the evolutional relationship between serum types and international epidemic strain among MRSP strains in Shanghai.Results There were 2 epidemical clones(type A 45%,type B 17%)in MRSP clinical isolates containing both the ermB and the mefE genes in Shanghai.MIST analysis showed that all 6 multi-resistant strains whose PFGE pattern was A type belonging to Asia clonal complex-CC236(Taiwan19F-14 clone).There was a novel ST-ST2116,which might derived from CC236 due to the recombination with alldic change.Conclusion,The high prevalence of erythromycin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae containing both the ermB and the mere genes in Shanghai is partly due to the clonal spread of a few mtdtidrng-resistant clones.