Prevalence of emm types and antibiotic resistance of group A streptococci in Austria

Alexandra Eisner; Eva Leitner; Gebhard Feierl; Harald H Kessler; Egon Marth

doi:10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2006.01.025

Prevalence of emm types and antibiotic resistance of group A streptococci in Austria

Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2006 Aug;55(4):347-50. doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2006.01.025. Epub 2006 May 24.

Authors

Alexandra Eisner¹, Eva Leitner, Gebhard Feierl, Harald H Kessler, Egon Marth

Affiliation

¹ Institute of Hygiene, Medical University of Graz, A-8010 Graz, Austria.

PMID: 16725301
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2006.01.025

Abstract

The prevalence of emm types and the antibiotic resistance patterns of consecutive isolates of Streptococcus pyogenes from South-East Australian patients collected in 1996 and 2003 were determined. Emm 1, emm 4, emm 12, and emm 28 were found to be the predominant types. A remarkable decrease of macrolide resistance from 1996 (19%) to 2003 (3%) was observed.

MeSH terms

Antigens, Bacterial / classification*
Austria / epidemiology
Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / classification*
Carrier Proteins / classification*
Drug Resistance, Bacterial*
Humans
Prevalence
Streptococcus pyogenes / classification*
Streptococcus pyogenes / genetics

Substances

Antigens, Bacterial
Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins
Carrier Proteins
streptococcal M protein