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Genomic analysis of penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in Southeastern Michigan.
The Journal of infection - 1 Aug 2004
Yee Elizabeth K, Melkerson-Watson Lyla J, Bloch Craig A, Pierson Carl L, Blackwood R Alexander
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OBJECTIVE: The emergence of multidrug resistance within Streptococcus pneumoniae population was analysed, correlating penicillin resistance Pen(R) with secondary antibiotic resistance, capsular serotype, and genetic diversity among isolates. METHODS: DNA fingerprinting, following macro-restriction enzyme digestion and pulse field gel electrophoresis (PFGE), and restriction fragment analysis of the PBP 2b gene,...
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