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Identification of an erm(A) erythromycin resistance methylase gene in Streptococcus pneumoniae isolated in Greece.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Jan 2001
Syrogiannopoulos G A, Grivea I N, Tait-Kamradt A, Katopodis G D, Beratis N G, Sutcliffe J, Appelbaum P C, Davies T A
Abstract excerpt
In a serotype 11A clone of erythromycin-resistant pneumococci isolated from young Greek carriers, we identified the nucleotide sequence of erm(A), a methylase gene previously described as erm(TR) in Streptococcus pyogenes. The erm(A) pneumococci were resistant to 14- and 15-member macrolides, inducibly resistant to clindamycin, and susceptible to streptogramin B. To our knowledge, this is the first identification...
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