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Antimicrobial susceptibility patterns and genomic diversity in strains of Streptococcus pyogenes isolated in 1978-1997 in different Brazilian cities.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Mar 2003
Nunes De Melo Maria Celeste, Figueiredo Agnes Marie Sá, Ferreira-Carvalho Bernadete Teixeira
Abstract excerpt
Penicillin has been the antimicrobial of choice for the treatment of Streptococcus pyogenes infections for almost six decades. Although penicillin-resistant isolates have not been described to date, clinical failures have been reported after treatment with beta-lactams. In this study, we analysed the antimicrobial susceptibility and genetic diversity of S. pyogenes isolates obtained from healthy carriers or...
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