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SUBMITTER: Doktor SZ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1168635 | biostudies-literature | 2005 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Doktor Stella Z SZ Shortridge Virginia V
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 20050701 7
The regulatory regions of 52 erm(A) [formerly erm(TR)] clinical Streptococcus pyogenes isolates were studied. Differences in the upstream regulatory region of erm(A) correlated with macrolide/lincosamide resistance patterns. Nine macrolide/lincosamide/streptogramin B-resistant isolates had changes in the leader sequence of erm(A) including base changes, insertions, or deletions. Isolates were also emm typed. ...[more]