Point Mutation in the Group B Streptococcal pbp2x Gene Conferring Decreased Susceptibility to β-Lactam Antibiotics

Author:

Dahesh Samira1,Hensler Mary E.1,Van Sorge Nina M.1,Gertz Robert E.2,Schrag Stephanie2,Nizet Victor13,Beall Bernard W.2

Affiliation:

1. Division of Pharmacology and Drug Discovery, Department of Pediatrics

2. Respiratory Diseases Branch, Division of Bacterial Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia

3. Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California

Abstract

ABSTRACT Beta-lactam antibiotics (BLAs) are the first-line agents used against group B streptococci (GBS) infection. A clonal set of four independent, invasive GBS isolates with elevated MICs to BLAs were identified that shared a pbp2x mutation (Q557E) corresponding to a resistance-conferring pneumococcal mutation. BLA sensitivity was restored through allelic replacement or complementation with the wild-type pbp2x .

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Infectious Diseases,Pharmacology (medical),Pharmacology

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