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. 2009 Jan;15(1):75-8.
doi: 10.3201/eid1501.080804.

Clonal multidrug-resistant Corynebacterium striatum strains, Italy

Floriana Campanile  1 , Edoardo Carretto, Daniela Barbarini, Annalisa Grigis, Marco Falcone, Antonio Goglio, Mario Venditti, Stefania Stefani
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Clonal multidrug-resistant Corynebacterium striatum strains, Italy

Floriana Campanile et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2009 Jan.

Abstract

We assessed the clinical relevance and performed molecular characterization of 36 multidrug-resistant strains of Corynebacterium striatum. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis confirmed a single clone, possessing erm(X), tetA/B, cmxA/B, and aphA1 genes, but few related subclones. This strain is emerging as a pathogen in Italy.

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Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) patterns of Corynebacterium striatum and their representative hybridizations obtained with probes corresponding to the resistance genes erm(X), tetA-tetB, cmx, and aphA1 (m, lambda ladder PFG marker). A) XbaI (A1and A2 profiles); B) SwaI (a1 and a2 profiles).
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