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Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, April 2003, p. 1464-1467, Vol. 47, No. 4
0066-4804/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/AAC.47.4.1464-1467.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Frequency of Mutation to Rifampin Resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae Clinical Strains: hexA and hexB Polymorphisms Do Not Account for Hypermutation

María-Isabel Morosini,* María-Rosario Baquero, J. M. Sánchez-Romero, María-Cristina Negri, Juan-Carlos Galán, Rosa del Campo, J. C. Pérez-Díaz, and Fernando Baquero

Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain

Received 18 October 2002/ Returned for modification 9 December 2002/ Accepted 2 January 2003

The frequency of mutation to rifampin resistance of 200 clinical Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates was examined. Two peaks were observed in the distribution, with mode frequencies of 2.5 x 10-7 (20% of isolates) and 2.5 x 10-8. The hexA and hexB gene entire sequences were analyzed in 13 isolates. Sequences from both hypermutable and "normomutable" strains were conserved relative to that of the R6 S. pneumoniae control strain. The phenotypic Hex system proficiency, in terms of transforming efficiency, was also maintained irrespective of the variations in mutation frequency values.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Ctra. de Colmenar, Km 9,1, 28034 Madrid, Spain. Phone: 34-91-3368330. Fax: 34-91-3368809. E-mail: mmorosini.hrc{at}salud.madrid.org.

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, April 2003, p. 1464-1467, Vol. 47, No. 4
0066-4804/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/AAC.47.4.1464-1467.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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