Article
High macrolide resistance in Streptococcus pyogenes strains isolated from children with pharyngitis in China.
Pediatric pulmonology - 1 May 2009
Liu Xiaorong, Shen Xuzhuang, Chang Hesheng, Huang Guoying, Fu Zhou, Zheng Yuejie, Wang Libo, Li Chengrong, Liu Lan, Shen Ying, Yang Yonghong
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: To assess the macrolide resistance, phenotype, and genotypic characterization of Streptococcus pyogenes isolated from Chinese children with pharyngitis. METHODS: Minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) with nine antibiotics was determined on 188 isolates of S. pyogenes collected from outpatients with pharyngitis in four children's hospitals in different regions of China in 2007. MICs of penicillin,...
Topics
- Bacterial Proteins
- Child
- China
- Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
- Genotype
- Hospitals, Pediatric
- Humans
- Macrolides
- Methyltransferases
- Microbial Sensitivity Tests