Clonal spread of levofloxacin-resistant streptococcus pneumoniae invasive isolates in Madrid, Spain, 2007 to 2009

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2011 May;55(5):2469-71. doi: 10.1128/AAC.01380-10. Epub 2011 Mar 7.

Abstract

Among 1,349 Streptococcus pneumoniae invasive isolates, 45 (3.3%) were levofloxacin resistant. Serotype distribution was as follows: 8 (n=32 isolates), 19A (n=4 isolates), 7F (n=3 isolates), 9V (n=2 isolates), 10A (n=1 isolate), 19F (n=1 isolate), 6B (n=1 isolate), and nontypeable (n=1 isolate). Levofloxacin-resistant isolates had dual mutations in the gyrA and parC genes. Serotype 8 strains corresponded to a capsular switching of the Sweden(15A)-25 clone. Levofloxacin resistance was also detected among multiresistant (ST276(19A), Spain9V-ST156, ST88(19F), and ST1542(6B)) and among usually antibiotic-susceptible (Netherlands7F-ST191, ST1201(19A), and ST2639(10A)) clones.

MeSH terms

  • DNA Gyrase / genetics
  • DNA Topoisomerase IV / genetics
  • Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial / genetics
  • Levofloxacin*
  • Ofloxacin / pharmacology*
  • Phylogeny
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Serotyping
  • Spain
  • Streptococcus pneumoniae / classification
  • Streptococcus pneumoniae / drug effects*
  • Streptococcus pneumoniae / genetics*

Substances

  • Levofloxacin
  • Ofloxacin
  • DNA Topoisomerase IV
  • DNA Gyrase