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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Emerging Infectious Diseases, 6(11), p. 939-942, 2005

DOI: 10.3201/eid1106.041247

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Macrolide- and Telithromycin-resistantStreptococcus pyogenes, Belgium, 1999–2003

Journal article published in 2005 by Surbhi Malhotra-Kumar, Christine Lammens, Sabine Chapelle, Monique Wijdooghe, Jasper Piessens, Koen Van Herck ORCID, Herman Goossens
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Abstract

We found a 13% macrolide resistance in 3,866 Streptococcus pyogenes isolated from tonsillopharyngitis patients; 59% macrolide-resistant isolates were distributed in 5 clones, suggesting the importance of both resistance gene transfer and clonal dissemination in the spread of these organisms. We also report one of the largest collections of telithromycin-resistant isolates.