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Low rate of carriage of macrolide-resistant group B streptococci in pregnant women in The Netherlands.
European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology - 1 Mar 2008
Muller Anouk E, Valkenburg-van den Berg Arijaan W, Kreft Deborah, Oostvogel Paul M, Sprij Arwen J, van Belkum Alex
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OBJECTIVES: To describe prevalence of phenotypic and genotypic macrolide-resistance among GBS isolates in pregnant women and explore the possibility of clonal spread of resistant GBS isolates in a multicultural population. STUDY DESIGN: Antimicrobial resistance patterns of 107 GBS isolates obtained from asymptomatic pregnant women were determined using E-tests. Macrolide resistance genes mef(A), erm(TR) and...
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