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J Med Microbiol 53 (2004), 1097-1099; DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.45733-0
© 2004 Society for General Microbiology
ISSN 0022-2615

Genetic relatedness of antibiotic-resistant pneumococci isolated during case clusters

S C Clarke1,2, D Lawrie1 and M A Diggle1

1Scottish Meningococcus and Pneumococcus Reference Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, Stobhill Hospital, Balornock Road, Glasgow G21 3UW, UK 2Division of Infection and Immunity, Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK

Correspondence S. C. Clarke stuartcclarke{at}hotmail.com

Received May 5, 2004
Accepted July 23, 2004

Multilocus sequence typing of Streptococcus pneumoniae associated with two case clusters of disease is reported here for the first time. Isolates from the first cluster were serotype 19F, resistant to penicillin and erythromycin, and were characterized as ST 320. Isolates from the second cluster were serogroup 4, resistant to ciprofloxacin, and were characterized as ST 206. Therefore, the isolates from these clusters were antibiotic-resistant, of serotypes infrequently isolated, and of uncommon sequence types.

Abbreviations: MLST, multilocus sequence typing; ST, sequence type.






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