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Antibiotic resistance and genotypic characteristics of group a streptococci associated with acute pharyngitis in Korea.
Microbial drug resistance (Larchmont, N.Y.) - 1 Jan 2004
Kim Sunjoo, Yong Lee Nam
Abstract excerpt
Group A streptococci (GAS) is the most common pathogen of bacterial pharyngitis. GAS were isolated from pediatric outpatients with symptomatic acute pharyngitis. T typing and emm genotyping were performed for an epidemiologic study. The phenotypes of erythromycin (EM) resistance were evaluated, and the frequencies of ermB, ermTR(A), and mefA genes were determined by polymerase chain reaction. A total of 125...
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