Erythromycin-Resistant Pharyngeal Isolates of Streptococcus pyogenes Recovered in Italy
AUTOR(ES)
Dicuonzo, Giordano
FONTE
American Society for Microbiology
RESUMO
Three classes of macrolide resistance phenotypes and three different erythromycin resistance determinants were found among 127 erythromycin-resistant group A streptococcal (GAS) isolates recovered from 355 (35.8%) pediatric pharyngitis patients in Rome, Italy. According to emm and sof sequence typing results, erythromycin-resistant isolates comprised 11 different clonal types. Remarkably, 126 of the 127 macrolide-resistant isolates were serum opacity factor (sof) gene positive. These data suggest a strong association between macrolide resistance and the presence of sof among GAS isolates recovered from Italian pediatric pharyngitis patients.
ACESSO AO ARTIGO
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