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Emergence of Ciprofloxacin-Nonsusceptible Streptococcus pyogenes Isolates from Healthy Children and Pediatric Patients in Portugal
30 Mar 2010
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We describe 66 ciprofloxacin-nonsusceptible Streptococcus pyogenes isolates recovered from colonized and infected children. The ParC S79A substitution was frequent and associated with the emm6/sequence type 382 (emm6/ST382) lineage. The ParC D83G substitution was detected in two isolates (emm5/ST99 and emm28/ST52 lineages). One isolate (emm89/ST101) had no quinolone resistance-determining region codon...
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