Macrolide resistance and erythromycin resistance determinants among Belgian Streptococcus pyogenes and Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates
Resistance of streptococci to macrolide antibiotics is caused by target-site modification or drug efflux. The phenotypic expression of target-site modification can be inducible or constitutive. The prevalence of the three phenotypes among Belgian erythromycin-resistant Group A streptococci (GAS) and Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates was surveyed, their MICs for seven antibiotics were determined and the clonality of the isolates was explored. Of the 2014 GAS isolates tested 131(6.5%) were erythromycin resistant (MIC > 1 mg/L): 110 (84.0%) showed the M-resistance phenotype whereas the remaini... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | TEXT |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2000 |
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Oxford University Press
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Schlagwörter: | Original articles |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26531888 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://jac.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/45/2/167 |