Article
[Resistance phenotypes and genotypes of Streptococcus pyogenes clinical isolates in Chile over a 10-year period].
Revista medica de Chile - 1 Sept 2011
Rodríguez Carlos, Rojas Pablo, Wozniak Aniela, Kalergis Alexis M, Cerón Inés, Riedel Ingrid, Román Juan C, Villarroel Luis A, Berríos Ximena, Bavestrello Luis, García Patricia
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Macrolide and lincosamide resistance in Streptococcus pyogenes is due to the acquisition of mef, ermB and ermA genes, which confer different resistance phenotypes, namely M, MLSBconstitutive and MLSBinducible respectively. The last report of resistance in Chile was done in the period 1990-1998, in which resistance to macrolides was 5.4%, with M phenotype as the predominant one. AIM: To characterize...
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