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<i>emm</i> Types, Virulence Factors, and Antibiotic Resistance of Invasive <i>Streptococcus pyogenes</i> Isolates from Italy: What Has Changed in 11 Years?
10 May 2007
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To investigate the epidemiology and characteristics of invasive group A streptococcal (GAS) disease over 11 years in Italy, this study compared the emm types and the superantigen toxin genes speA and speC as well as the erythromycin, clindamycin, and tetracycline susceptibilities of 207 invasive GAS strains collected during two national enhanced surveillance periods (1994 to 1996 and 2003 to 2005) and the time...
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