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Distribution of emm types among group A streptococcal isolates from Serbia.
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases - 1 Mar 2010
Mijac V, Ranin L, Marković M, Heeg C, Reinert R R, Opavski N
Abstract excerpt
This is the first study concerning the molecular epidemiology of group A streptococcus in Serbia and includes 145 isolates from patients with various infections during the period 2001-2007. The emm types, superantigen profile and susceptibility pattern were determined. Among 31 emm types identified, the most prevalent were emm 6, emm 12, emm 1, and emm 58. All isolates showed uniform antimicrobial susceptibility...
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