Molecular epidemiology of macrolide resistance in beta-haemolytic streptococci of Lancefield groups A, B, C and G and evidence for a new mef element in group G streptococci that carries allelic variants of mef and msr(D).

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OBJECTIVES: To study the molecular mechanisms of erythromycin resistance in beta-haemolytic streptococci of Lancefield groups A, B, C and G. METHODS: Erythromycin-resistant clinical isolates from North East Scotland were collected over 2 years. Resistance phenotypes were determined by disc diffusion and MICs by Etest. Resistance genes mef, msr(D), erm(B) and erm(TR) were identified by PCR and mef and msr(D) were...

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