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[Study of macrolide-resistant genes in group C and G streptococci].
Revista espanola de quimioterapia : publicacion oficial de la Sociedad Espanola de Quimioterapia - 1 Jun 2000
Seral C, González V, Castillo J, García C, Rubio M C, Gómez-Lus R
Abstract excerpt
In the present study we investigated the macrolide-lincosamide-streptogramin B (MLSB) resistance in 47 clinical isolates of group C beta-hemolytic streptococci and 17 group G streptococci. Resistance to erythromycin was found in 31.6%; and 47%, respectively. On the basis of the erythromycin-clindamycin double-disk test, all strains were assigned to the MLSB phenotype. None of the strains were of the M phenotype....
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