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Table 3 Distribution of emm/ T types and resistance genes in S. pyogenes resistant to erythromycin and tetracycline with respect to the overall Spanish GAS population

From: Molecular epidemiology, antimicrobial susceptibilities and resistance mechanisms of Streptococcus pyogenes isolates resistant to erythromycin and tetracycline in Spain (1994–2006)

emm

T

No. of isolates/Total

erm(B)

erm(A)

mef(A)

msr(D)

tet(M)

tet(O)

Erythromycin-resistant (n = 276)

       

1

1

9/129

1

2

8

8

  

2

2

4/41

1

3

4

1

  

3

3

1/26

0

0

0

1

  

3

3/13

1/5

0

1

0

0

  

4

4

116/137

18

39

116

115

  

6

6

28/67

2

0

28

28

  

11

11

1/24

1

1

1

1

  

12

12

19/68

7

5

18

18

  

12

NT

1/1

0

1

1

1

  

22

12

3/13

0

3

0

2

  

28

28

37/78

33

5

28

8

  

28

NT

2/2

1

0

1

0

  

44

5/27/44

1/20

0

1

1

1

  

71

NT

1/1

1

0

0

0

  

75

25

43/46

19

32

42

42

  

78

11

1/30

1

0

0

0

  

81

B3264

1/1

1

1

1

1

  

84

25

6/6

5

4

6

6

  

88

28

1/1

1

0

0

1

  

Total

276/898

92

98

255

234

  

Tetracycline-resistant (n = 42)

       

6

6

1/67

    

1

0

11

11

1/24

    

1

0

22

12

2/13

    

2

2

31/13

NT

1/1

    

1

1

33

3/13

1/1

    

1

0

36

NT

1/1

    

1

0

50

NT

1/2

    

1

1

58

NT

1/6

    

1

0

60

28

4/5

    

4

1

73

13

2/11

    

2

2

77

13

1/7

    

1

0

77

14/49

1/1

    

1

0

77

28

21/23

    

11

20

78

11

1/30

    

1

0

87

28

2/50

    

2

2

NT

NT

1/1

    

0

1

Total

42/898

    

31

30

Erythromycin -Tetracycline-resistant (n = 19)

      

1

1

1/129

1

0

1

1

1

1

6

6

1/67

1

0

0

0

1

1

11

11

11/24

11

3

3

5

11

3

12

12

1/68

1

1

1

1

1

0

28

28

2/78

2

1

1

0

2

0

77

28

2/23

1

2

2

0

2

2

83

NT

1/1

1

1

1

0

1

0

Total

19/898

18

8

9

7

19

7