Emergence of Macrolide-Resistant Streptococcus pyogenes Strains in French Children
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- 1 September 2004
- journal article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
- Vol. 48 (9), 3559-3562
- https://doi.org/10.1128/aac.48.9.3559-3562.2004
Abstract
We studied the antimicrobial susceptibility of 322 Streptococcus pyogenes throat isolates from French children and their serotype and genomic diversity. A total of 22.4% were erythromycin resistant, and 69.4, 4.2, and 26.4% of these isolates harbored ermB , ermA , and mefA , respectively. Increasing resistance in France is mainly associated with a few emm type 28 clones.Keywords
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