Article
Macrolide resistance in Streptococcus pyogenes: prevalence, resistance determinants, and emm types.
Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease - 1 Jul 2009
Michos Athanasios G, Bakoula Chrysanthi G, Braoudaki Maria, Koutouzi Foteini I, Roma Eleftheria S, Pangalis Anastasia, Nikolopoulou Georgia, Kirikou Elena, Syriopoulou Vassiliki P
Abstract excerpt
To investigate the antimicrobial resistance trends and the distribution of emm types of group A streptococci (GAS), we examined 1160 clinical isolates of GAS collected between 2003 and 2006. Susceptibilities to commonly used antimicrobial agents were determined by Etest, and macrolide resistance genes were detected by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). GAS isolates were typed by polymerase chain reaction PCR and...
Topics
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- Antigens, Bacterial
- Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins
- Carrier Proteins
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- DNA, Bacterial
- Drug Resistance, Bacterial
- Genes, Bacterial
- Genotype