Polyclonal dissemination of tetracycline resistance among Streptococcus pyogenes paediatric isolates from Brazil

Introduction: Scarce data are available on Group A Streptococcus (GAS) antibiotic resistance in South America. Methodology: The antibiotic susceptibility patterns of GAS recovered from symptomatic children living in the central part of Brazil during a prospective epidemiological study were analyz...

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Published in:Journal of Infection in Developing Countries
Main Authors: Pierre Robert Smeesters, Sabina Cadar, Pierre-Alexandre Drèze, Dioclécio Campos, Laurence Van Melderen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries 2010-07-01
Subjects:
tetracycline resistance
minocycline resistance
emm gene
GAS phylogeny
Online Access:https://jidc.org/index.php/journal/article/view/1138

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