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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, November 2003, p. 5282-5284, Vol. 41, No. 11
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.11.5282-5284.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Bacitracin-Resistant Clone of Streptococcus pyogenes Isolated from Pharyngitis Patients in Belgium

Surbhi Malhotra-Kumar,* Shuang Wang, Christine Lammens, Sabine Chapelle, and Herman Goossens

Department of Microbiology, University of Antwerp (UIA), Antwerp, Belgium

Received 6 June 2003/ Returned for modification 28 July 2003/ Accepted 14 August 2003

We report 16 bacitracin-resistant Streptococcus pyogenes isolates recovered from pharyngitis patients in Belgium, 14 of which belonged to a particular emm type (emm28). All 16 isolates were constitutively resistant to macrolides and carried erm(B). The emergence of a bacitracin-resistant S. pyogenes clone raises questions about the continued reliability of bacitracin susceptibility testing for S. pyogenes identification.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Antwerp, S3, Universiteitsplein 1, B-2610 Wilrijk, Belgium. Phone: 32-3-820-25-51. Fax: 32-3-820-26-63. E-mail: surbhi{at}uia.ua.ac.be.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, November 2003, p. 5282-5284, Vol. 41, No. 11
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.11.5282-5284.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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