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Different erythromycin resistance mechanisms in group C and group G streptococci.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Jun 1998
Kataja J, Seppälä H, Skurnik M, Sarkkinen H, Huovinen P
Abstract excerpt
Different mechanisms of erythromycin resistance predominate in group C and G streptococcus (GCS and GGS, respectively) isolates collected from 1992 to 1995 in Finland. Of the 21 erythromycin-resistant GCS and 32 erythromycin-resistant GGS isolates, 95% had the mefA or mefE drug efflux gene and 94% had the ermTR methylase gene, respectively.
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