A seventeen-year observation of the antimicrobial susceptibility of clinical Campylobacter jejuni and the molecular mechanisms of erythromycin-resistant isolates in Beijing, China

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OBJECTIVES: To investigate the dynamic development of the antimicrobial resistance of Campylobacter jejuni isolated from human diarrhea in Beijing, China, between 1994 and 2010, and to further analyze the molecular mechanisms of erythromycin-resistant strains. METHODS: Susceptibility tests were performed on 203 non-duplicate clinical C. jejuni strains against eight common antibiotics using the standard agar...

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