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[Antimicrobial resistance characteristics of clinical isolates of Streptococcus pyogenes].
Salud publica de Mexico - 1 Jan 2000
Rodríguez R S, Calderón-Jaimes E, Gómez-Barreto D, Espinosa-de los Monteros L E
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To determine the antibiotic susceptibility of recent isolates of Streptococcus pyogenes and to evaluate the prevalence of macrolide-resistant phenotypes. MATERIAL AND METHODS: In 1999, we conducted a cross-sectional study at Mexico Children's Hospital "Federico Gomez", to analyze one hundred strains of S. pyogenes isolated from 1992 to 1998, in children with uncomplicated pharyngotonsillitis. Strains...
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