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Bordetella pertussis isolates with a heterogeneous phenotype for erythromycin resistance.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Aug 2002
Wilson K E, Cassiday P K, Popovic T, Sanden G N
Abstract excerpt
Erythromycin is currently being used for both prophylaxis and treatment of pertussis infections. Erythromycin resistance was first recognized in Bordetella pertussis in Arizona in 1994, and since then, three additional resistant isolates have been identified in the United States. To better assess the potential public health impact of erythromycin-resistant B. pertussis, we used the disk diffusion assay to...
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