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Clonal spread of group A streptococcus with the new type of erythromycin resistance. Finnish Study Group for Antimicrobial Resistance.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Mar 1998
Kataja J, Huovinen P, Muotiala A, Vuopio-Varkila J, Efstratiou A, Hallas G, Seppälä H
Abstract excerpt
In 1990, a new type of erythromycin resistance phenotype, designated NR, was found in group A streptococcus (GAS) in Finland. In the present study, the distribution of GAS isolates with this and other erythromycin-resistance phenotypes was surveyed in Finland, and the clonality of the isolates was explored. Of 4179 GAS isolates collected from all over Finland, 695 (17%) were resistant to erythromycin, and 82% of...
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