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Genetic diversity of the tet(M) gene in tetracycline-resistant clonal lineages of Streptococcus pneumoniae.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Nov 2000
Doherty N, Trzcinski K, Pickerill P, Zawadzki P, Dowson C G
Abstract excerpt
The aim of the present study was to examine the stability and evolution of tet(M)-mediated resistance to tetracyclines among members of different clonal lineages of Streptococcus pneumoniae. Thirty-two tetracycline-resistant isolates representing three national (Spanish serotype 14, Spanish serotype 15, and Polish serotype 23F) and one international (Spanish serotype 23F) multidrug-resistant epidemic clones were...
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