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Macrolide resistance mechanisms and expression of phenotypes among Streptococcus pneumoniae circulating in Italy.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 Oct 1999
Marchese A, Tonoli E, Debbia E A, Schito G C
Abstract excerpt
In Italy, macrolide-resistant pneumococci have been isolated at a rate increasing from 6% in 1993 to 31.7% in 1998. A collection of 161 erythromycin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae recovered between 1993 and 1997 has now been phenotypically and genotypically characterized. Approximately 90% of...
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