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Detection of the efflux-mediated erythromycin resistance transposon in Streptococcus pneumoniae.
Annals of laboratory medicine - 1 Jan 2015
Azadegan Azadeh, Ahmadi Ali, Lari Abdolaziz Rastegar, Talebi Malihe
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BACKGROUND: The present analysis focuses on phenotypic and genotypic characterizations of efflux-mediated erythromycin resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae due to an increase in macrolide resistance in S. pneumoniae worldwide. METHODS: We investigated the prevalence of efflux-mediated erythromycin resistance and its relevant genetic elements from 186 specimens of S. pneumonia isolated from clinical and normal...
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