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Presence of the tet(O) gene in erythromycin- and tetracycline-resistant strains of Streptococcus pyogenes and linkage with either the mef(A) or the erm(A) gene.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Sept 2003
Giovanetti Eleonora, Brenciani Andrea, Lupidi Remo, Roberts Marilyn C, Varaldo Pietro E
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Sixty-three recent Italian clinical isolates of Streptococcus pyogenes resistant to both erythromycin (MICs >or=1 microg/ml) and tetracycline (MICs >or= 8 microg/ml) were genotyped for macrolide and tetracycline resistance genes. We found 19 isolates carrying the mef(A) and the tet(O) genes; 25 i...
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