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Molecular epidemiology, antimicrobial susceptibility, and characterization of macrolide-resistant Streptococcus pyogenes in Japan.
Journal of infection and chemotherapy : official journal of the Japan Society of Chemotherapy - 1 Nov 2016
Tanaka Yuhei, Gotoh Kenji, Teramachi Mariko, Ishimoto Kazuhisa, Tsumura Naoki, Shindou Shizuo, Yamashita Yushiro
Abstract excerpt
Here we report the molecular epidemiology of macrolide-resistant Streptococcus pyogenes (group A streptococci, GAS) isolated from children with pharyngotonsillitis between 2011 and 2013 in Japan. In 299 isolates, 124 (41.5%) isolates were macrolide-resistant. We characterized the isolates by emm typing, multilocus sequence typing (MLST), and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE). Of 299 isolates, 124 (41.5%)...
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