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[Mobile genetic elements associated with erythromycin-resistant isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Colombia].
Biomedica : revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud - 1 Apr 2014
Ramos Viviana, Duarte Carolina, Díaz Aleyda, Moreno Jaime
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INTRODUCTION: Resistance to macrolide antibiotics is increasing in clinical isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae and is associated with the presence of mobile genetic elements. Objetive: The aim of this study was to determine the distribution of serotypes and transposons among macrolide-resistant invasive isolates of S. pneumoniae in Colombia from 1994 to 2011. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 225...
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