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Molecular epidemiology and variants of the multidrug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae Spain14-5 international clone among Spanish clinical isolates.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 Apr 2006
Marimón José María, Pérez-Trallero Emilio, Ercibengoa María, Gonzalez Alberto, Fenoll Asunción
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OBJECTIVE: To analyse the molecular structure of several antimicrobial resistance determinants in isolates of the Spain(14)-5 clone to better understand its emergence and spread. METHODS: The distinct genes and mechanism of resistance to penicillin, erythromycin, clindamycin, tetracycline, chloramphenicol and trimethoprim were studied in an apparently homogeneous group of 117 isolates of the multidrug-resistant...
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