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Molecular characterization of adult-colonizing Streptococcus agalactiae from an area-based surveillance study in Romania.
European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology - 1 Sept 2012
Usein C-R, Grigore L, Georgescu R, Cristea V, Bãltoiu M, Strãuţ M
Abstract excerpt
One hundred and forty-eight colonizing isolates from adult Romanian women were conventionally serotyped and screened for antibiotic resistance. Capsular type assignment by multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was performed for nonserotypeable isolates. Tetracycline and macrolide resistance genes (tetM, tetO, tetL, ermA, ermB, and mefA) including tetM gene association with conjugative elements of the Tn916...
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