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Description and characterization of a penicillin-resistant <i>Streptococcus dysgalactiae</i> subsp <i>. equisimilis</i> clone isolated from blood in three epidemiologically linked patients
1 Sept 2016
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BACKGROUND: During a 27 month period, we detected four incidents of penicillin-resistant (PR) Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis (SDSE) isolated from blood cultures of three patients. METHODS: The 4 PR-SDSE were compared phenotypically and molecularly (using WGS) with 36 penicillin-susceptible SDSE from blood cultures obtained in the same catchment area and time period. RESULTS: Phylogenetic analysis...
