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Increasing ceftriaxone resistance and multiple alterations of penicillin-binding proteins among penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates in Taiwan.

ABSTRACT: The rate of nonsusceptibility of penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae strains to ceftriaxone increased significantly in Taiwan in 2005. Approximately 90% of the ceftriaxone-nonsusceptible isolates were found to be of four major serotypes (serotypes 6B, 14, 19F, and 23F). Seven amino acid alterations in the penicillin-binding protein 2B transpeptidase-encoding region specifically contributed to the resistance.

SUBMITTER: Chiu CH

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2043203 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Increasing ceftriaxone resistance and multiple alterations of penicillin-binding proteins among penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates in Taiwan.

Chiu Cheng-Hsun CH Su Lin-Hui LH Huang Yhu-Chering YC Lai Jui-Chia JC Chen Hsiu-Ling HL Wu Tsu-Lan TL Lin Tzou-Yien TY

Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 20070625 9

The rate of nonsusceptibility of penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae strains to ceftriaxone increased significantly in Taiwan in 2005. Approximately 90% of the ceftriaxone-nonsusceptible isolates were found to be of four major serotypes (serotypes 6B, 14, 19F, and 23F). Seven amino acid alterations in the penicillin-binding protein 2B transpeptidase-encoding region specifically contributed to the resistance. ...[more]

PMID: 17591850

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Increasing ceftriaxone resistance and multiple alterations of penicillin-binding proteins among penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates in Taiwan.

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Increasing ceftriaxone resistance and multiple alterations of penicillin-binding proteins among penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates in Taiwan.

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