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Emergence of invasive erythromycin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae strains in Portugal: contribution and phylogenetic relatedness of serotype 14.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 Dec 2004
Dias Ricardo, Caniça Manuela
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OBJECTIVES: To study the phenotype and phylogenetic relatedness of invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae strains isolated in Portugal. METHODS: A total of 614 invasive S. pneumoniae strains, isolated in Portugal from 1999 to the first 6 months of 2002, were characterized using serotyping and antimicrobial susceptibility testing. National outpatient sale data for macrolides were compared with erythromycin resistance....
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