Rantala M, Huikko S, Huovinen P, Jalava J
Department of Bacteriology and Inflammation, National Public Health Institute, Turku, Finland.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2005 Oct;49(10):4180-4. doi: 10.1128/AAC.49.10.4180-4184.2005.
The prevalence and mechanisms of macrolide resistance among 1,007 clinical pneumococcal isolates collected in Finland were investigated. Of these, 217 (21.5%) were resistant to erythromycin and 11% to clindamycin. Among the erythromycin-resistant isolates, mef(E) was present in 95 isolates (44%), mef(A) was present in 12 isolates (6%), and erm(B) was present in 90 isolates (41%). A double mechanism, mef(E) and erm(B), was detected in five isolates (2%). Ribosomal mutation was detected in 14 (6%) macrolide-resistant isolates in which no other determinant was found. Based on the telithromycin MICs, two groups of isolates were formed: 83.3% of the isolates belonged to a major group for which the telithromycin MIC range was < or =0.008 to 0.063 microg/ml, and 16.7% belonged to a minor group for which the telithromycin MIC range was 0.125 to 8 microg/ml. All except three isolates in the minor population carried a macrolide resistance gene.
对在芬兰收集的1007株临床肺炎球菌分离株的大环内酯类耐药性的流行情况及机制进行了研究。其中,217株(21.5%)对红霉素耐药,11%对克林霉素耐药。在红霉素耐药分离株中,95株(44%)存在mef(E),12株(6%)存在mef(A),90株(41%)存在erm(B)。在5株分离株(2%)中检测到mef(E)和erm(B)双机制。在14株(6%)大环内酯类耐药分离株中检测到核糖体突变,未发现其他决定因素。根据替利霉素的最低抑菌浓度(MIC),分离株形成两组:83.3%的分离株属于主要组,替利霉素MIC范围为≤0.008至0.063μg/ml,16.7%属于次要组,替利霉素MIC范围为0.125至8μg/ml。次要群体中除3株分离株外均携带大环内酯类耐药基因。