Article
Associations of macrolide and fluoroquinolone resistance with molecular typing in Streptococcus pyogenes from invasive infections, 2010-2012.
International journal of antimicrobial agents - 1 Nov 2013
Wajima Takeaki, Morozumi Miyuki, Chiba Naoko, Shouji Michi, Iwata Satoshi, Sakata Hiroshi, Ubukata Kimiko
Abstract excerpt
In this study, the relationship between emm type and antibiotic resistance in 283 invasive group A streptococcal strains collected during surveillance from 2010 to 2012 was analysed. Strains were characterised by emm typing, multilocus sequence typing and antimicrobial susceptibility. Resistance...
Topics
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- Antigens, Bacterial
- Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins
- Carrier Proteins
- Drug Resistance, Bacterial
- Fluoroquinolones
- Genotype
- Humans
- Macrolides
- Microbial Sensitivity Tests
- Molecular Typing
- Streptococcal Infections
- Streptococcus pyogenes
