Clonal Multidrug-Resistant Corynebacterium striatum Strains, Italy

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.

Keywords

• Corynebacterium striatum
• multi-resistance plasmid pTP10
• emerging clinical role
• dispatch
• Italy