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High rate of macrolide resistance in Staphylococcus aureus strains from patients with cystic fibrosis reveals high proportions of hypermutable strains.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Jun 2003
Prunier Anne-Laure, Malbruny Brigitte, Laurans Muriel, Brouard Jacques, Duhamel Jean-François, Leclercq Roland
Abstract excerpt
Incidence of resistance to erythromycin at our institution reached 53% in 122 Staphylococcus aureus isolates obtained from patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) from 1997 to 1999. Macrolide-resistance genes were sought for in 20 erythromycin-resistant isolates from 9 patients with CF by use of polymerase chain reaction; 13 strains did not contain any known macrolide-resistance genes. Sequence of ribosomal genes rrl...
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