First report of the multiresistance gene cfr in Streptococcus suis

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2013 Aug;57(8):4061-3. doi: 10.1128/AAC.00713-13. Epub 2013 Jun 3.

Abstract

The multiresistance gene cfr was identified for the first time in streptococci, namely, in porcine Streptococcus suis isolate S10. The cfr gene was detected on the ~100-kb plasmid pStrcfr, where it was bracketed by two copies of the novel insertion sequence ISEnfa5, located in the same orientation. The detection of a cfr- and ISEnfa5-containing amplicon by inverse PCR suggests that ISEnfa5 may play a role in the dissemination of cfr.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Bacterial Proteins / genetics
  • Bacterial Proteins / metabolism
  • Base Sequence
  • DNA Transposable Elements
  • Genes, Bacterial*
  • Genes, MDR*
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Plasmids / genetics
  • Plasmids / metabolism
  • Streptococcus suis / drug effects
  • Streptococcus suis / genetics*
  • Streptococcus suis / metabolism
  • Swine
  • Thiamphenicol / analogs & derivatives
  • Thiamphenicol / pharmacology
  • Transformation, Bacterial

Substances

  • Bacterial Proteins
  • DNA Transposable Elements
  • florfenicol
  • Thiamphenicol

Associated data

  • GENBANK/FJ660465
  • GENBANK/FR875178
  • RefSeq/NC_014508