Plasmid-borne erm(T) from invasive, macrolide resistant Streptococcus pyogenes strains Running title: new GAS macrolide-resistance determinant. Key words: erythromycin and inducible clindamycin resistance, streptococcal plasmid, erm(T), methylase
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Twenty-three group A streptococci (GAS) recovered from population-based invasive GAS surveillance in the United States were erythromycin-resistant, inducibly clindamycin-resistant and lacked known macrolide-resistance determinants. These 23 isolates, representing 4 different clones, contained a broad host-range plasmid carrying the erm(T) methylase gene which has not been previously detected in GAS previously.
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Plasmid-Borne erm(T) from invasive, macrolide-resistant Streptococcus pyogenes strains.
Twenty-three isolates of group A streptococci (GAS) recovered from population-based invasive GAS surveillance in the United States were erythromycin resistant, inducibly clindamycin resistant, and lacked known macrolide resistance determinants. These 23 isolates, representing four different clones, contained a broad-host-range plasmid carrying the erm(T) methylase gene, which has not been detec...
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