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High-level aminoglycoside resistance in the beta-hemolytic group G Streptococcus isolate BM2721.

ABSTRACT: The beta-hemolytic group G Streptococcus clinical isolate BM2721 was resistant to high levels of aminoglycosides by synthesis of AAC(6')-APH(2"), APH(3')-III, and ANT(6) modifying enzymes. The corresponding genes were found to be adjacent as the result of a recombination event between Tn4001 and Tn5405, two transposons originating in staphylococci.

SUBMITTER: Galimand M

PROVIDER: S-EPMC89604 | biostudies-literature | 1999 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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High-level aminoglycoside resistance in the beta-hemolytic group G Streptococcus isolate BM2721.

Galimand M M Lambert T T Gerbaud G G Courvalin P P

Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 19991201 12

The beta-hemolytic group G Streptococcus clinical isolate BM2721 was resistant to high levels of aminoglycosides by synthesis of AAC(6')-APH(2"), APH(3')-III, and ANT(6) modifying enzymes. The corresponding genes were found to be adjacent as the result of a recombination event between Tn4001 and Tn5405, two transposons originating in staphylococci. ...[more]

PMID: 10582899

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High-level aminoglycoside resistance in the beta-hemolytic group G Streptococcus isolate BM2721.

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High-level aminoglycoside resistance in the beta-hemolytic group G Streptococcus isolate BM2721.

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