Tn916/Tn1545 family in oral streptococci, a literature review from 1992 til 2017

Abstract

In the current study an account of all published articles in the last 25 years about Tn916/Tn1545 like elements with clinically relevant antibiotic resistance in oral streptococci, was reviewed. The following search words were used: Tn916 and resistance and oral streptococci and mobile genetic elements. Results: A total of eleven articles were retrieved. Three of them were excluded because they were literature studies or because of no access to them. The included articles were one from 2016, one from 2015, one from 2012, one from 2011, one from 2007, one from 2001, one from 1992 and one from 1984.