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Group a streptococcus antibiotic resistance in southern Brazil: a 17-year surveillance study.
Microbial drug resistance (Larchmont, N.Y.) - 1 Jun 2011
Torres Rosângela Stadnick Lauth de Almeida, Torres Renato Pedro de Almeida, Smeesters Pierre Robert, Palmeiro Jussara Kasuko, de Messias-Reason Iara José, Dalla-Costa Libera M
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BACKGROUND: Scarce data are available about the antimicrobial resistance of Group A Streptococcus in South America. METHODS: This study evaluated the antimicrobial susceptibility profile of 1,112 isolates of Group A Streptococcus during the period from 1993 to 2009 in Curitiba city, Brazil. Macrolide-resistant isolates were characterized by emm typing and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. RESULTS: All isolates...
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