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SUBMITTER: Marimon JM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1315971 | biostudies-literature | 2005 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Marimón José María JM Valiente Adoración A Ercibengoa María M García-Arenzana José M JM Pérez-Trallero Emilio E
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 20051201 12
The macrolide resistance determinants and genetic elements carrying the mef(A) and mef(E) subclasses of the mef gene were studied with Streptococcus agalactiae isolated in 2003 and 2004 from 7,084 vaginorectal cultures performed to detect carrier pregnant women. The prevalence of carriage was 18% (1,276 isolates), and that of erythromycin resistance 11.0% (129 of the 1,171 isolates studied). erm(B), erm(A) subclass erm(TR), and the mef gene, either subclass mef(A) or mef(E), were found in 72 (55 ...[more]