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Macrolide resistance genes in Enterococcus spp.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Apr 2000
Portillo A, Ruiz-Larrea F, Zarazaga M, Alonso A, Martinez J L, Torres C
Abstract excerpt
Seventy-eight isolates of different Enterococcus species (E. faecalis, n = 27; E. faecium, n = 23; E. durans, n = 8; E. avium, n = 6; E. hirae, n = 9; E. gallinarum, n = 3; and E. casseliflavus, n = 2) with a variety of erythromycin resistance phenotypes were examined for the presence of macrolide resistance genes (ermA, ermB, ermC, ermTR, mefA/E, and msrA). Positive PCR amplifications of ermB were obtained for...
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