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Distribution of emm type and antibiotic susceptibility of group A streptococci causing invasive and noninvasive disease.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Nov 2008
Wajima Takeaki, Murayama Somay Y, Sunaoshi Katsuhiko, Nakayama Eiichi, Sunakawa Keisuke, Ubukata Kimiko
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To determine the prevalence of macrolide antibiotic and levofloxacin resistance in infections with Streptococcus pyogenes (group A streptococcus or GAS), strains were collected from 45 medical institutions in various parts of Japan between October 2003 and September 2006. Four hundred and eighty-two strains from patients with GAS infections were characterized genetically. Strains were classified into four groups...
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