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Emergence of penicillin-macrolide-resistant Streptococcus pyogenes among pet animals: An ongoing public health threat.
Comparative immunology, microbiology and infectious diseases - 1 Feb 2020
Samir Ahmed, Abdel-Moein Khaled A, Zaher Hala M
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Macrolide-resistant Streptococcus pyogenes is an emerging problem with a great public health concern throughout the world. The current study was carried out in order to investigate the possible role of pet animals in the epidemiology of such pathogen. For this purpose, nasal or oral swabs were collected from 115 pets (40 dogs and 75 cats) with respiratory illness. The collected swabs were cultured for isolation...
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