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In vitro activities of the novel ketolide telithromycin (HMR 3647) against erythromycin-resistant Streptococcus species.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Mar 2001
Jalava J, Kataja J, Seppälä H, Huovinen P
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The in vitro susceptibilities of 184 erythromycin-resistant streptococci to a novel ketolide, telithromycin (HMR 3647), were tested. These clinical isolates included 111 Streptococcus pyogenes, 18 group C streptococcus, 18 group G streptococcus, and 37 Streptococcus pneumoniae strains. The MICs for all but eight S. pyogenes strains were < or =0.5 microg/ml, indicating that telithromycin is active in vitro against...
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