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Phenotypes and genotypes of macrolide-resistant Streptococcus pyogenes isolated in Seoul, Korea.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Feb 2007
Bae Sook Young, Kim Jang Su, Kwon Jung-Ah, Yoon Soo-Young, Lim Chae Seung, Lee Kap No, Cho Yunjung, Kim Young Kee, Lee Chang Kyu
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The mechanisms of resistance to macrolides in 51 erythromycin-resistant clinical isolates of Streptococcus pyogenes collected from 1997 through 2003 in Seoul, Korea were evaluated. They were characterized by their antimicrobial susceptibility, phenotype (using triple-disc and induction tests), resistance genotype, emm genotyping (M typing) and phylogenetic analysis. Erythromycin resistance was observed in 23% of...
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