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High clonal diversity in erythromycin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae invasive isolates in Madrid, Spain (2000-07).
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 Dec 2009
de la Pedrosa Elia Gómez G, Baquero Fernando, Loza Elena, Nadal-Serrano José-María, Fenoll Asunción, Del Campo Rosa, Cantón Rafael
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OBJECTIVES: Erythromycin resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae is still increasing worldwide. All 78 erythromycin-resistant S. pneumoniae isolates collected from blood cultures in our hospital (2000-07) were studied and the population structure was analysed by using different mathematical diversity indexes. METHODS: Erythromycin resistance determinants were screened by PCR. The population structure, including...
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