Clonal differences among erythromycin-resistant Streptococcus pyogenes in Spain

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 235-240

  Perez Trallero, Emilio ^a,d   Marimón, José María ^a   Montes, Milagrosa ^a   Orden, Beatriz ^b   De Pablos, Manuela ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b Centro de Especialidades Arguelles   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL TXAGORRITXU   (Spain)

^d Servicio de Microbiologia   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOTYPOLOGY; CLONE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPING; SPAIN; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 0032902112     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0502.990207     Document Type: Article

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