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Different erythromycin resistance mechanisms in group C and group G streptococci.

Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy ·Vol. 42 ·No. 6 ·1998-06-00 ·Pages 1493-4

Kataja J, Seppälä H, Skurnik M, Sarkkinen H, Huovinen P

Abstract

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.

MeSH Terms
Anti-Bacterial Agents/pharmacology Bacterial Proteins Drug Resistance, Microbial/genetics Erythromycin/pharmacology Methyltransferases/genetics Phenotype Streptococcus/drug effects
Chemicals
Anti-Bacterial Agents Bacterial Proteins Erythromycin ErmTR protein, bacteria Methyltransferases
Authors & Affiliations
5 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Kataja J
Antimicrobial Research Laboratory, National Public Health Institute, Turku, Finland. [email protected]
Seppälä H
Skurnik M
Sarkkinen H
Huovinen P
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Article Info
Journal
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy
Abbr.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother
ISSN
0066-4804
DOI
10.1128/AAC.42.6.1493
Email
[email protected]
Published
1998-06-00
Pages
1493-4
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
0315061
PMCID
PMC105628
Subset
IM
External Links
PubMed source DOI: 10.1128/AAC.42.6.1493 PMC Full Text View journal details
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