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Abstract

In Japan, the number of patients with streptococcal toxic shock syndrome is reported to be increasing. (A) gene-positive macrolide-resistant 1 strains are thought to possibly contribute to the rise in the frequency of STSS. Although analyses of macrolide-resistant mechanisms, including (A) resistance, have been performed mainly in , the role of this gene in has not been completely investigated. Therefore, to the best of our knowledge, we established the first (A)-knockout strain using an 1-type strain, and tested its susceptibility to erythromycin, clarithromycin and azithromycin. We found that the antimicrobial susceptibilities were almost identical to those of the parental strain. Hence, we established a knockout strain for another gene, (D), that is located immediately downstream of (A). The macrolide resistances of the resulting strain significantly decreased, and were further altered when both (A) and (D) were knocked out. The introduction of the (D) gene into a macrolide-sensitive strain conferred more resistance than the introduction of the (A) gene. The erythromycin susceptibilities of knockout strains were further dissected using two additional 4- and 75-type strains. We found almost identical results for both strains except for the (A) knockout 4 type, whose susceptibility was altered, although the change was less than that for the (D) knockout. These results suggest that both (A) and (D) are involved in macrolide resistance in , and that the (D) gene plays a more predominant role in macrolide resistance than (A).

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