Penicillin Susceptibility and Epidemiological Typing of Invasive Pneumococcal Isolates in the Republic of Ireland
AUTOR(ES)
Bennett, D.
FONTE
American Society for Microbiology
RESUMO
A national study was undertaken to investigate the incidence of invasive pneumococcal disease in the Republic of Ireland and to examine the associated isolates. In 1999, 144 S. pneumoniae isolates, all recovered from cases of invasive disease, were received from 12 microbiology laboratories. The incidence of invasive pneumococcal disease was estimated to be 6.6/100,000 population. All isolates were analyzed for serotype, penicillin susceptibility, chromosomal relatedness (by using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis [PFGE]), and penicillin-binding protein (pbp) fingerprinting. Several findings of note were observed regarding the pneumococcal population in Ireland. First, isolates of 25 different serotypes were represented, with serotypes 14, 9V, 8, 5, 4, and 3 being the most common. This finding, together with the pbp fingerprinting and PFGE typing results, indicated the clonal spread of strains of these serotypes in Ireland. Second, 27 (18.7%) isolates had reduced susceptibility to penicillin, and 74% of these were serotype 9V. Of these, 80% appeared to belong to the same clone. This could suggest the spread of the international Spanish/French 9V penicillin-resistant clone into Ireland. Third, nine different pbp genotypes were identified, four of which were new. Two pbp genotypes accounted for the majority of isolates dividing them according to their penicillin susceptibility status but irrespective of serotype and PFGE type. This is strong evidence for the occurrence of horizontal transfer of pbp genes between strains, observed with both penicillin-susceptible and penicillin-nonsusceptible isolates. Fourth, there was evidence of serotype transformation since isolates, indistinguishable by pbp fingerprinting and PFGE typing, expressed different capsular types.
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