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Characteristics of Streptococcus pyogenes strains isolated from Chinese children with scarlet fever.
Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) - 1 Dec 2008
Liang Yunmei, Shen Xuzhuang, Huang Guoying, Wang Chuanqing, Shen Ying, Yang Yonghong
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AIM: To analyse the characteristics of Streptococcus pyogenes isolates from Chinese children with scarlet fever. METHODS: Minimal inhibitory concentration with nine antibiotics was performed on 145 Streptococcus pyogenes isolates acquired from Beijing and Shanghai in 2007. Their macrolide-resistant genes (mefA, ermB and ermA- a subclass of ermTR), superantigens (speA and speC), and en-coding mature M protein gene...
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