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Prevalence and macrolide resistance phenotypes and genotypes among clinical isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae collected in Sofia, Bulgaria from 2001 to 2005.
Journal of chemotherapy (Florence, Italy) - 1 Jun 2007
Setchanova L P, Ouzounova-Raykova V, Zhelezova G Z, Mitov I G
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A total of 328 clinical isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae were analyzed to determine the rate of macrolide and penicillin resistance as well as macrolide resistance phenotypes and genotypes. Erythromycin resistance was found in 81 pneumococcal isolates (24.7%) and 10.7% of isolates were clindamycin resistant. The prevalence of penicillin G-intermediate (minimum inhibitory concentrations, MICs, 0.125 to 1...
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