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[Phenotypes of macrolide, lincosamide, and streptogramin resistant Streptococcus viridans isolated from blood].
Revista espanola de quimioterapia : publicacion oficial de la Sociedad Espanola de Quimioterapia - 1 Dec 1999
Rodríguez-Avial C, García M M, Rodríguez-Avial I, Picazo J J
Abstract excerpt
Macrolide resistance has been widely studied in Streptococcus pyogenes and Streptococcus pneumoniae although not in viridans group streptococci (VGS). We studied 30 blood culture isolates of viridans group streptococci (25 resistant to erythromycin: 10 S. mitis, 8 S. milleri, 6 S. sanguis and 1 S. salivarius; and 5 susceptible: 2 S. mitis, 2 S. milleri and 1 S. sanguis). We carried out a double-disk test and...
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