Clonal multidrug-resistant Corynebacterium striatum strains, Italy

Emerg Infect Dis. 2009 Jan;15(1):75-8. doi: 10.3201/eid1501.080804.

Abstract

We assessed the clinical relevance and performed molecular characterization of 36 multidrug-resistant strains of Corynebacterium striatum. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis confirmed a single clone, possessing erm(X), tetA/B, cmxA/B, and aphA1 genes, but few related subclones. This strain is emerging as a pathogen in Italy.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
  • Bacteremia / epidemiology
  • Bacteremia / microbiology
  • Bacterial Proteins / genetics
  • Communicable Diseases, Emerging* / epidemiology
  • Communicable Diseases, Emerging* / microbiology
  • Corynebacterium Infections / epidemiology
  • Corynebacterium Infections / microbiology
  • Corynebacterium* / classification
  • Corynebacterium* / drug effects
  • Corynebacterium* / genetics
  • Corynebacterium* / isolation & purification
  • Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial / genetics*
  • Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
  • Humans
  • Italy / epidemiology
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Pneumonia, Bacterial / epidemiology
  • Pneumonia, Bacterial / microbiology
  • Ribotyping
  • Wound Infection / epidemiology
  • Wound Infection / microbiology

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Bacterial Proteins