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Genetic and phenotypic characterization of resistance to macrolides in Streptococcus pyogenes from Argentina.
International journal of antimicrobial agents - 1 Jan 2004
Martínez Silvia, Amoroso Ana M, Famiglietti Angela, de Mier Carmen, Vay Carlos, Gutkind Gabriel O
Abstract excerpt
Five hundred and seventy-eight strains of group A streptococci (GAS) isolated mostly from paediatric pharyngeal swabs were tested to evaluate their susceptibility to erythromycin. Resistant strains were then tested for their MICs to erythromycin and clindamycin, their phenotype of resistance to macrolides-lincosamides-streptogramin (MLS(B)) and for the presence of macrolide resistance genes. The rate of...
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