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Different Erythromycin Resistance Mechanisms in Group C and Group G Streptococci

Janne Kataja, Helena Seppälä, Mikael Skurnik, Hannu Sarkkinen, Pentti Huovinen

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy · 1998 · 97 citations · 15 references

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Different mechanisms of erythromycin resistance predominate in group C and G streptococcus (GCS and GGS, respectively) isolates collected from 1992 to 1995 in Finland. Of the 21 erythromycin-resistant GCS and 32 erythromycin-resistant GGS isolates, 95% had the mefA or mefE drug efflux gene and 94% had the ermTR methylase gene, respectively.

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