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Antibiotic Susceptibility in Relation to Penicillin-Binding Protein Genes and Serotype Distribution of Streptococcus pneumoniae Strains Responsible for Meningitis in Japan, 1999 to 2002
- Source :
- Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 48:1488-1494
- Publication Year :
- 2004
- Publisher :
- American Society for Microbiology, 2004.
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Abstract
- The antibiotic susceptibilities, genotypes of penicillin (PEN)-binding protein genes ( pbp ), and serotype distributions of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates from meningitis patients were investigated by a nationwide surveillance group in Japan between 1999 and 2002. We analyzed 146 isolates from children (≤17 years old) and 73 from adults (≥18 years old). Isolates with or without abnormal pbp1a , pbp2x , or pbp2b genes identified by PCR were classified into six genotype patterns and 90% MIC (MIC 90 ) values for PEN: (i) strains with three normal genes (17.2% of isolates; MIC 90 , 0.031 μg/ml); (ii) strains with abnormal pbp2x (22.1%, 0.063 μg/ml); (iii) strains with abnormal pbp2b (1.0%, 0.125 μg/ml); (iv) strains with abnormal pbp2x and pbp2b (7.4%, 0.25 μg/ml); (v) strains with abnormal pbp1a and pbp2x (12.7%, 0.25 μg/ml); and (vi) strains with three abnormal PBP genes (39.7%, 4 μg/ml), which are termed genotypic PEN-resistant S. pneumoniae (gPRSP). Panipenem, a carbapenem, showed an excellent MIC 90 (0.125 μg/ml) against gPRSP, followed by meropenem and vancomycin (0.5 μg/ml), cefotaxime and ceftriaxone (1 μg/ml), and ampicillin (4 μg/ml). Strains of gPRSP were significantly more prevalent in children (45.2%) than in adults (27.4%). The most frequent serotypes were 6B, 19F, 23F, 6A, and 14 in children and 23F, 22, 3, 10, 6B, and 19F in adults. Serotypes 6B, 6A, 19F, 23F, and 14 predominated among gPRSP. In children, 7- and 11-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccines would cover 76.2 and 81.3% of isolates, respectively, although coverage would be lower in adults (43.9 and 56.0%, respectively). These findings suggest the need for early introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines and continuous bacteriological surveillance for meningitis.
- Subjects :
- Male
Time Factors
Cefotaxime
Muramoylpentapeptide Carboxypeptidase
medicine.disease_cause
Japan
Ampicillin
Pharmacology (medical)
Child
Antibacterial agent
Aged, 80 and over
Meningitis, Pneumococcal
Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
Panipenem
Age Factors
N-Acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine Amidase
Middle Aged
Aminoacyltransferases
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Infectious Diseases
Child, Preschool
Population Surveillance
Ceftriaxone
Female
Meningitis
medicine.drug
Adult
Adolescent
Genotype
Lactams
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Biology
Microbiology
Bacterial Proteins
Vancomycin
Drug Resistance, Bacterial
medicine
Humans
Penicillin-Binding Proteins
Serotyping
Aged
Pharmacology
Infant
medicine.disease
Virology
Penicillin
Hexosyltransferases
Susceptibility
Peptidyl Transferases
Carrier Proteins
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 10986596 and 00664804
- Volume :
- 48
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....c7f2cbc5007e139b06a7fbc529584cad