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Cross-resistance to lincosamides, streptogramins A and pleuromutilins in Streptococcus agalactiae isolates from the USA.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 Jul 2017
Hawkins Paulina A, Law Caitlin S, Metcalf Benjamin J, Chochua Sopio, Jackson Delois M, Westblade Lars F, Jerris Robert, Beall Bernard W, McGee Lesley
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Background: Streptococcus agalactiae (Group B Streptococcus, GBS) is a leading cause of meningitis, sepsis and pneumonia in neonates in the United States. GBS also causes invasive disease in older infants, pregnant women, children and young adults with underlying medical conditions, and older adults. Resistance to lincosamides in the absence of erythromycin resistance is rare in GBS, but has been previously...
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