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Ribosomal mutations conferring resistance to macrolides in Streptococcus pneumoniae clinical strains isolated in Germany.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Jul 2003
Reinert Ralf René, Wild Angela, Appelbaum Peter, Lütticken Rudolf, Cil Murat Yücel, Al-Lahham Adnan
Abstract excerpt
Among a collection of 4281 pneumococcal isolates, 7 strains isolated in Germany had an unusual macrolide resistance phenotype. The isolates were found to have multiple mutations in the 23S rRNA and alterations in the L4 ribosomal protein. One strain had an amino acid alteration in the L22 ribosomal protein.
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