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Ribosomal mutations in Streptococcus pneumoniae clinical isolates.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Mar 2002
Pihlajamäki Marja, Kataja Janne, Seppälä Helena, Elliot John, Leinonen Maija, Huovinen Pentti, Jalava Jari
Abstract excerpt
Eleven clinical isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae, isolated in Finland during 1996 to 2000, had an unusual macrolide resistance phenotype. They were resistant to macrolides and streptogramin B but susceptible, intermediate, or low-level resistant to lincosamides. No acquired macrolide resistance genes were detected from the strains. The isolates were found to have mutations in domain V of the 23S rRNA or...
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