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Cross-resistance to lincosamides, streptogramins A and pleuromutilins in Streptococcus agalactiae isolates from the USA.
Hawkins PA , Law CS , Metcalf BJ , Chochua S , Jackson DM , Westblade LF , Jerris R , Beall BW , McGee L . J Antimicrob Chemother 2017 72 (7) 1886-1892 Background: Streptococcus agalactiae (Group B Streptococcus, GBS) is a leading cause of meningitis, sepsis and pneumonia in neonates in the United States. GBS also causes invasive disease in older infants, pregnant women, children and young adults with underlying medical conditions, and older adults. Resistance to lincosamides in the absence of erythromycin resistance is rare in GBS, but has been previously reported in clinical isolates, both on its own or in combination with resistance to streptogramins A and pleuromutilins (L/LSA/LSAP phenotypes). Objectives: To retrospectively screen the Active Bacterial Core surveillance (ABCs) GBS isolate collection for these phenotypes in order to identify the causal genetic determinants and determine whether their frequency is increasing. Methods: Based on MIC data, 65 (0.31%) isolates susceptible to erythromycin (MIC ≤0.25 mg/L) and non-susceptible to clindamycin (MIC ≥0.5 mg/L) were identified among 21186 GBS isolates. Genomic DNA was extracted and WGS was performed. The presence of 10 genes previously associated with LSA resistance was investigated by read mapping. Results: Forty-nine (75%) isolates carried the lsa (C) gene and expressed the LSAP phenotype, and 12 (18%) carried both the lnu (B) and lsa (E) genes and expressed the LSAP phenotype. The four remaining isolates were negative for all determinants investigated. Conclusions: While the overall observed frequency of these phenotypes among our GBS isolates was quite low (0.31%), this frequency has increased in recent years. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first time the LSAP phenotype has been reported among GBS isolates from the USA. |
Nasopharyngeal carriage and transmission of Streptococcus pneumoniae in American Indian households after a decade of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine use
Mosser JF , Grant LR , Millar EV , Weatherholtz RC , Jackson DM , Beall B , Craig MJ , Reid R , Santosham M , O'Brien KL . PLoS One 2014 9 (1) e79578 BACKGROUND: Young children played a major role in pneumococcal nasopharyngeal carriage, acquisition, and transmission in the era before pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) use. Few studies document pneumococcal household dynamics in the routine-PCV7 era. METHODS: We investigated age-specific acquisition, household introduction, carriage clearance, and intra-household transmission in a prospective, longitudinal, observational cohort study of pneumococcal nasopharyngeal carriage in 300 American Indian households comprising 1,072 participants between March 2006 and March 2008. RESULTS: Pneumococcal acquisition rates were 2-6 times higher in children than adults. More household introductions of new pneumococcal strains were attributable to children <9 years than adults ≥17 years (p<0.001), and older children (2-8 years) than younger children (<2 years) (p<0.008). Compared to children <2 years, carriage clearance was more rapid in older children (2-4 years, HRclearance 1.53 [95% CI: 1.22, 1.91]; 5-8 years, HRclearance 1.71 [1.36, 2.15]) and adults (HRclearance 1.75 [1.16, 2.64]). Exposure to serotype-specific carriage in older children (2-8 years) most consistently increased the odds of subsequently acquiring that serotype for other household members. CONCLUSIONS: In this community with a high burden of pneumococcal colonization and disease and routine PCV7 use, children (particularly older children 2-8 years) drive intra-household pneumococcal transmission: first, by acquiring, introducing, and harboring pneumococcus within the household, and then by transmitting acquired serotypes more efficiently than household members of other ages. |
Impact of more than a decade of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine use on carriage and invasive potential in Native American communities
Scott JR , Millar EV , Lipsitch M , Moulton LH , Weatherholtz R , Perilla MJ , Jackson DM , Beall B , Craig MJ , Reid R , Santosham M , O'Brien KL . J Infect Dis 2012 205 (2) 280-8 BACKGROUND: We assessed the impact of 12 years of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) use on pneumococcal nasopharyngeal carriage and serotype-specific invasive disease potential among Native Americans. METHODS: Families were enrolled in a carriage study from 2006 to 2008; nasopharyngeal specimens and risk factor information were collected monthly for 7 visits. Pneumococcal carriage prevalence was compared with that before (1998-2000) and during (2001-2002) PCV7 introduction. We compared invasive disease incidence and carriage prevalence before and after PCV7 introduction to estimate changes in serotype-specific invasive potential. RESULTS: We enrolled 1077 subjects from 302 households. There was an absolute reduction in carriage prevalence of 8.0% (95% confidence interval [CI], 4.5%-11.4%) in children aged <5 years and 3.1% (95% CI, 1.1%-5.1%) in adults. In children aged <5 years, vaccine-serotype carriage prevalence decreased by 22.8% (95% CI, 20.1%-25.3%), and nonvaccine serotype (NVT) increased by 15.9% (95% CI, 12.4%-19.3%). No significant change was detected in serotype-specific invasive potential after PCV7 introduction. CONCLUSIONS: Pneumococcal carriage prevalence decreased in all ages since PCV7 introduction; vaccine-serotype carriage has been nearly eliminated, whereas the prevalence of NVT carriage has increased. The increase in the NVT invasive disease rate seems to be proportional to the increase in colonization prevalence. |
Nasopharyngeal carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae in very low-birth-weight infants after administration of heptavalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine
Ang JY , Lua JL , Asmar BI , Shankaran S , Heyne RJ , Schelonka RL , Das A , Li L , Jackson DM , Higgins RD , D'Angio CT . Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 2010 164 (12) 1173-5 The effect of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine-7 (PCV-7) in reducing pneumococcal nasopharyngeal (NP) carriage in very low birth weight (VLBW) infants has not been studied. Our primary objective was to characterize NP carriage of S. pneumoniae in a group of VLBW infants (401-1500 grams) before administration of first PCV-7 (PRE) and at 4-6 weeks after a 3-dose PCV-7 primary series (POST). We also investigated the correlation between vaccine induced pneumococcal IgG antibody level and pneumococcal NP carriage POST PCV-7. |
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