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Macrolide-resistance mechanisms in Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates from Belgium.
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases - 1 Apr 2005
Van Eldere J, Meekers E, Lagrou K, Massonet C, Canu A, Devenyns I, Verhaegen J, Syrogiannopoulos G, Leclercq R
Abstract excerpt
Of 233 erythromycin-resistant pneumococcal isolates collected in Belgium in 1999-2000, 89.7% carried the erm(B) gene, 6% the mef(A) gene, and 3.5%erm(B) plus mef(A). Two isolates contained neither erm(B) nor mef(A); one contained an erm(A) subclass erm(TR) gene, while the other contained an A2058...
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