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Epidemiological study of erythromycin-resistant Streptococcus pyogenes from Korea and Japan by emm genotyping and multilocus sequence typing.
Annals of laboratory medicine - 1 Jan 2016
Takahashi Takashi, Arai Kazuaki, Lee Dong Hyun, Koh Eun Ha, Yoshida Haruno, Yano Hisakazu, Kaku Mitsuo, Kim Sunjoo
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BACKGROUND: We determined the epidemiological characteristics of erythromycin (EM)-resistant Streptococcus pyogenes (group A streptococci, GAS) strains isolated from Korea and Japan, using emm genotyping and multilocus sequence typing (MLST). METHODS: Clinical isolates of GAS had been collected from 1992 to 2012 in Korea and from 2004 to 2009 in Japan. EM resistance was determined by the microdilution method, and...
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