Genetic diversity of penicillin-resistant Neisseria meningitidis.
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Abstract
The genetic relatedness of 42 penicillin-resistant Neisseria meningitidis isolates obtained during a 2-year period from a single hospital was studied by multilocus enzyme electrophoresis and by restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis of penicillin-binding protein (PBP) 2 genes. The PBP 2 genes of 7 susceptible strains gave identical RFLP profiles. Sixteen different PBP 2 RFLP profiles were found among the 42 resistant strains, but 4 were found in greater than 1 resistant isolate. Multilocus enzyme electrophoresis revealed a high level of genetic diversity. Four clusters of resistant strains could be distinguished at a genetic distance of 0.75. Resistant strains with the most common PBP 2 RFLP profile were restricted to one of these clusters and may be derived from a common ancestral strain. However, resistant strains with the 3 other common RFLP profiles were distributed in two or more of the clusters.
Medical subject headings
- Bacterial Proteins
- Carrier Proteins
- Genetic Variation
- Muramoylpentapeptide Carboxypeptidase
- Neisseria meningitidis
- Penicillin Resistance