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Prevalence of macrolide resistance among group A streptococci isolated from pharyngotonsillitis.
Microbial drug resistance (Larchmont, N.Y.) - 1 Oct 2014
Wajima Takeaki, Chiba Naoko, Morozumi Miyuki, Shouji Michi, Sunaoshi Katsuhiko, Sugita Kayoko, Tajima Takeshi, Ubukata Kimiko
Abstract excerpt
A GAS Surveillance Study Group was organized to analyze group A streptococci (GAS) isolated from patients with acute pharyngotonsillitis, with participating pediatricians submitting swab samples between April and October 2012. Molecular analysis of emm typing and multilocus sequence typing (MLST), as well as antimicrobial susceptibility testing, were carried out for 363 GAS isolates. Strains belonging to emm1...
Topics
- Acute Disease
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Drug Resistance, Bacterial
- Female
- Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial
- Genotype
- Humans
- Infant
- Macrolides
- Male