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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