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Antimicrobial susceptibility and survey of macrolide resistance mechanisms among Streptococcus pyogenes isolated in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Microbial drug resistance (Larchmont, N.Y.) - 1 Jan 2003
d'Oliveira R E C, Barros R R, Mendonça C R V, Teixeira L M, Castro A C D
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A total of 357 clinical Streptococcus pyogenes isolates collected between 1994 and 1999 in Rio de Janeiro city were tested for susceptibility to 10 antimicrobial drugs by agar-diffusion tests. All isolates were susceptible to penicillin, cephems, and vancomycin. High resistance rates were observed for tetracycline (43.1%) and trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole (77.9%). Three isolates (0.8%) were resistant to...
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