Антибиотики и Химиотерапия (May 2020)

Clonality of Streptococcus pneumoniae Isolates in Russia, Circulating from 1980 to 2017

  • I. A. Tsvetkova,
  • S. S. Belanov,
  • V. V. Gostev,
  • O. S. Kalinogorskaya,
  • M. O. Volkova,
  • A. S. Mokhov,
  • E. V. Nikitina,
  • E. L. Kalisnikova,
  • K. A. Ivanova,
  • A. A. Volodina,
  • S. V. Sidorenko

DOI
https://doi.org/10.24411/0235-2990-2019-100027
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 64, no. 5-6
pp. 22 – 31

Abstract

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The objective of this study was to clarify the intraspecies phylogenetic relationship between pneumococci strains from various geographical locations. Concatenated Multilocus sequence typing (MLST) sequences of six housekeeping genes were chosen for the phylogenetic tree construction. Trees, constructed for concatenated genes, revealed that there is a tendency for a clonal spread of antibiotic resistance. Interestingly, the isolates with novel or circulating mainly in Russia genotypes, described in this study, many are related to successful international clones, with the potential to spread.

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