Association between type A blaZ gene polymorphism and cefazolin inoculum effect in methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus

Sun Hee Lee, Wan Beom Park, Shinwon Lee, Sohee Park, Shin Woo Kim, Jong Myung Lee, Hyun Ha Chang, Ki Tae Kwon, Pyoeng Gyun Choe, Nam Joong Kim, Hong Bin Kim, Myoung Don Oh

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Abstract

Some proportion of type A blaZ gene-positive methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus strains exhibit the cefazolin inoculum effect (CIE). The type A blaZ gene was divided into two groups by single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) at Ser226Pro and Cys229Tyr. The median cefazolin MICs at a high inoculum concentration were 5.69 μg/ml for the Ser-Cys group and 40.32 μg/ml for the Pro-Tyr group (P = 0.01). The SNPs at codons 226 and 229 in the amino acid sequence encoded by the blaZ gene were closely associated with the CIE.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)6928-6932
Number of pages5
JournalAntimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
Volume60
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Nov 2016

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