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Macrolide resistance and genotypic characterization of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Asian countries: a study of the Asian Network for Surveillance of Resistant Pathogens (ANSORP).
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 Mar 2004
Song Jae-Hoon, Chang Hyun-Ha, Suh Ji Yoeun, Ko Kwan Soo, Jung Sook-In, Oh Won Sup, Peck Kyong Ran, Lee Nam Yong, Yang Yonghong, Chongthaleong Anan, Aswapokee Nalinee, Chiu Cheng-Hsun, Lalitha M K, Perera Jennifer, Yee Ti Teow, Kumararasinghe Gamini, Jamal Farida, Kamarulazaman Adeeba, Parasakthi Navaratnam, Van Pham Hung, So Thomas, Ng Tak Keung
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OBJECTIVES: To characterize mechanisms of macrolide resistance among Streptococcus pneumoniae from 10 Asian countries during 1998-2001. METHODS: Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of the isolates and their resistance mechanisms. RESULTS: Of 555 isolates studied, 216 (38.9%) were susceptible, 10 (1.8%) were intermediate and 329 (59.3%) were resistant to erythromycin. Vietnam had the highest prevalence of...
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