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Genotypes of macrolide-resistant pneumococci from children in southwestern Japan: raised incidence of strains that have both erm(B) and mef(A) with serotype 6B clones.
Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease - 1 Sept 2008
Ikenaga Masaaki, Kosowska-Shick Klaudia, Gotoh Kenji, Hidaka Hidenobu, Koga Hiroyasu, Masunaga Kenji, Nagai Kensuke, Tsumura Naoki, Appelbaum Peter C, Matsuishi Toyojiro
Abstract excerpt
MICs of penicillin G, erythromycin, clarithromycin, clindamycin, azithromycin, and telithromycin were tested for 189 clinical isolates collected during 2002 to 2005 from children in southwestern Japan. Serotyping and polymerase chain reaction for presence of erm(B) and mef(A) were performed. All strains with erm(B) + mef(A) were analyzed by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) and compared to 3 global clones:...
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