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Distribution of emm types among group A Streptococcus isolates from children in Korea.
Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease - 1 May 2015
Choi Jae Hong, Yang Nu-Ri, Lee Woon-Jeong, Lee Hyunju, Choi Eun Hwa, Lee Hoan Jong
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We analyzed 155 clinical group A Streptococcus (GAS) isolates from children at the Seoul National University Children's Hospital between 1991 and 2012 and the Seoul National University Bundang Hospital between 2006 and 2012. The erythromycin resistance rate was 10.3% (16/155), and all isolates during the recent 3 years were susceptible to erythromycin. Among isolates, emm1 (19.4%), emm12 (18.7%), and emm4 (18.1%)...
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