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Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of macrolide resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in Tunisia.
Pathologie-biologie - 1 May 2008
Rachdi M, Boutiba-Ben Boubaker I, Moalla S, Smaoui H, Hammami A, Kechrid A, Ben Redjeb S
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One hundred of non duplicate Streptococcus pneumoniae resistant to erythromycin collected from three teaching hospitals in Tunisia from January 1998 to December 2004 were investigated to evaluate determine their resistance level to different macrolides and the mechanisms involved. Most erythromycin resistant S. pneumoniae were isolated from respiratory tract (34%). Eighty-three percent showed constitutive MLS(B)...
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