4.7 Article Proceedings Paper

Clonal relatedness of erythromycin-resistant Streptococcus pyogenes isolates in Germany

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ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY
Volume 48, Issue 4, Pages 1369-1373

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AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.48.4.1369-1373.2004

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In a nationwide study in Germany, a total of 381 Streptococcus pyogenes were collected. Erythromycin A-resistant strains were characterized for the underlying resistance genotype, showing 55.6% had the efflux type mef(A), 31.5% had erm(A), and 13.0% had erm(B). A total of 23 different multilocus sequence types were observed.

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