Macrolide resistance in group A beta haemolytic Streptococcus isolated from outpatient children in Latvia

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Volumn 118, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 366-370

  Zavadska, Dace ^a,b   Berziņa, Dace ^c   Drukaļska, Liga ^b   Pugačova, Ņina ^b   Miklaševičs, Edvins ^a,c   Gardovska, Dace ^a,b  

^a RIGA STRADINS UNIVERSITY   (Latvia)

^b CHILDREN'S CLINICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Latvia)

^c PAULS STRADINS CLINICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Latvia)

Author keywords

Macrolides; Resistance; Streptococcus pyogenes

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CEFTRIAXONE; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; LINEZOLID; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GROUP A STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LATVIA; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; STREPTOCOCCAL PHARYNGITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A;

AZITHROMYCIN; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINDAMYCIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; LATVIA; MACROLIDES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; METHYLTRANSFERASES; PHARYNGITIS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 77951104014     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: 16000463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2010.02607.x     Document Type: Article

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