Erythromycin-resistant group A streptococcal isolates recovered in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 1995 to 2001.

نویسندگان

  • Antoaneta Detcheva
  • Richard R Facklam
  • Bernard Beall
چکیده

The frequency of erythromycin resistance within group A streptococci in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 1995 to 2001 was 2.1% (26 isolates). Of this, 57.7% was macrolide-lincosamide-streptogramin (MLS) inducible, 7.7% was MLS constitutive, and 34.6% had the M phenotype. Eleven different emm sequence types were found among 25 erythromycin-resistant isolates tested. Nineteen of 26 erythromycin-resistant isolates were additionally resistant to tetracycline and/or chloramphenicol.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Journal of clinical microbiology

دوره 40 10  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2002