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Macrolide resistance genotypes and phenotypes among erythromycin-resistant clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus and coagulase-negative staphylococci, Italy.
FEMS immunology and medical microbiology - 1 Jan 2009
Gherardi Giovanni, De Florio Lucia, Lorino Giulia, Fico Laura, Dicuonzo Giordano
Abstract excerpt
One hundred macrolide-resistant staphylococcal isolates from clinically relevant infections in Italy during a 19-month period were studied. Four distinct resistance phenotypes were observed using the triple-disk induction test (erythromycin, clindamycin, telithromycin): the cMLS(B) phenotype (24 isolates); the iMLS(B) phenotype (41 isolates); the MS phenotype (three isolates); and the iMTS phenotype...
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