Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3348832 | Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease | 2006 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
In vitro susceptibility testing on 200 Streptococcus agalactiae strains isolated during a 4-year period from vaginal/rectal specimens demonstrated a very high resistance rate for both erythromycin (54%) and clindamycin (33%). Methylase genes erm(B) and erm(TR) and efflux genes mef(E) and mef(A) were detected. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis showed evidence of both clonal spread and multiclonal dissemination of resistant strains. All but 3 of 200 isolates were susceptible to telithromycin.
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Authors
Linda P. DiPersio, Joseph R. DiPersio,