ICESp1116, the genetic element responsible for erm(B)-mediated, inducible erythromycin resistance in Streptococcus pyogenes, belongs to the TnGBS family of integrative and conjugative elements

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2014;58(4):2479-81. doi: 10.1128/AAC.00048-14. Epub 2014 Jan 21.

Authors

Andrea Brenciani¹, Erika Tiberi, Gianluca Morroni, Marina Mingoia, Pietro E Varaldo, Eleonora Giovanetti

Affiliation

¹ Unit of Microbiology, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Public Health, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy.

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Bacterial Proteins / genetics
Bacterial Proteins / physiology
Drug Resistance, Bacterial
Erythromycin / pharmacology*
Streptococcus pyogenes / drug effects*

Substances

Bacterial Proteins
Erythromycin