Emergence of a novel macrolide-resistant Streptococcus pyogenes emm53 strain

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 443-445

  Strakova, Lenka ^a   Motlova, J ^a   Jakubu, V ^a   Urbaskova, P ^a   Kriz, P ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Emm type; Group A streptococcus; Multilocus sequence typing; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis; Streptococcus pyogenes

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CZECH REPUBLIC; HUMAN; IMPETIGO; INFANT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP A';

EID: 33847786965     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2006.01658.x     Document Type: Article

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