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Molecular characterization of erm(B)- and mef(E)-mediated erythromycin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in China and complete DNA sequence of Tn2010.
Journal of applied microbiology - 1 Jan 2011
Li Y, Tomita H, Lv Y, Liu J, Xue F, Zheng B, Ike Y
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AIMS: To characterize the erm(B)- and mef(E)-mediated erythromycin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae clinical isolates obtained from ten hospitals located different cities in China. METHODS AND RESULTS: Totally 83 S. pneumoniae were collected, and eighteen representative strains of 66 strains that exhibited erythromycin resistance were used for further characterization by antibiograms, serotyping, PFGE, MLST,...
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