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Clonal spread of fluoroquinolone non-susceptible Streptococcus pyogenes
11 Feb 2005
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BACKGROUND: Fluoroquinolones are an important group of antibiotics widely used in adults, and, despite the absence of official approval, these drugs are also used in children. So far, resistance to fluoroquinolones in Streptococcus pyogenes is very rare. METHODS: During a national surveillance programme in Belgium from 1999 to 2002, 2793 non-duplicate S. pyogenes recovered from tonsillopharyngitis patients were...
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