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Macrolide resistance in Streptococcus pyogenes isolates from throat infections in the region of Aachen, Germany.
Microbial drug resistance (Larchmont, N.Y.) - 1 Jan 2001
Brandt C M, Honscha M, Truong N D, Holland R, Hövener B, Bryskier A, Lütticken R, Reinert R R
Abstract excerpt
Macrolide-resistance was assessed in 216 consecutive Streptococcus pyogenes isolates from throat infections in the region of Aachen, Germany. Seventeen isolates were resistant to erythromycin: 12 isolates revealed a macrolide (M) phenotype and harbored mefA, and five strains expressed an inducible macrolide-lincosamide-streptogramin B (MLSB) phenotype of which four strains harbored ermA(TR) and one strain...
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