Decline in erythromycin resistance in group A Streptococci from acute pharyngitis due to changes in the emm Genotypes rather than restriction of antibiotic use

Group A streptococcus (GAS) is the most common cause of bacterial pharyngitis in children. Antibiotic resistance rates and emm genotypes of GAS isolated from patients with acute pharyngitis were studied in 2009. Throat cultures were taken from 499 children with acute pharyngitis in Jinju, Korea, in...

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Veröffentlicht in:Annals of laboratory medicine 2010, 30(5), , pp.485-490
Hauptverfasser: Koh, Eunha, Kim, Sunjoo
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