Emerging Infectious Diseases (May 2008)

Spread of Streptococcus suis Sequence Type 7, China

  • Changyun Ye,
  • Xuemei Bai,
  • Ji Zhang,
  • Huaiqi Jing,
  • Han Zheng,
  • Huamao Du,
  • Zhigang Cui,
  • Shouying Zhang,
  • Dong Jin,
  • Jianguo Xu,
  • Yanwen Xiong,
  • Ailan Zhao,
  • Xia Luo,
  • Qiangzheng Sun,
  • Marcelo Gottschalk,
  • Yanmei Xu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1405.070437
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 5
pp. 787 – 791

Abstract

Read online

Streptococcus suis sequence type (ST) 7 has been spreading throughout China. To determine events associated with its emergence, we tested 114 isolates. In all 106 ST7 strains responsible for human outbreaks and sporadic infections, the tetracycline-resistance gene, tetM, was detected on the conjugative transposon Tn916. Horizontal transmission of tetM is suspected.

Keywords