Table 4.
Data from phenotypic characterization and multiplex real-time PCR of Streptococcus agalactiae
| Isolates | Susceptibility phenotype | Real-time multiplex PCR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ea | DAb | cfb c | erm(A)c | erm(B)c | mef(A/E)c | |
| LMC UEL 5 | S | S | + | – | – | – |
| LMC UEL 21 | S | S | + | – | – | – |
| LMC UEL 23 | S | S | + | – | + | – |
| LMC UEL 27 | S | S | + | – | – | – |
| LMC UEL 30 | S | S | + | – | – | – |
| LMC UEL 34 | S | S | + | – | – | – |
| LMC UEL 43 | S | S | + | – | – | – |
| LMC UEL 43A | R | R | + | + | + | – |
| LMC UEL 57 | S | S | + | + | – | + |
| LMC UEL 60 | S | S | + | – | – | – |
| LMC UEL 68 | S | S | – | – | – | – |
| LMC UEL 103 | R | S | + | – | – | + |
| LMC UEL 28 | CN | CN | + | – | – | – |
| LMC UEL 63 | CN | CN | + | – | + | + |
| LMC UEL 95 | CN | CN | + | – | – | + |
| LMC UEL 99 | CN | CN | + | – | + | + |
aE (erythromycin) and bDA (clindamycin) resistance phenotypes were determined by the double-disk diffusion method [34]. (S) Susceptible; (R) Resistant; (CN) Culture-Negative. cTarget genes detected in vaginal-rectal swab specimens by multiplex real-time PCR. (+) Presence; (−) Absence