Group A Streptococci from carriage and disease in Portugal: evolution of antimicrobial resistance and T antigenic types during 2000-2002.
Journal: Microbial Drug Resistance (Larchmont, N.Y.)
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Abstract
In this study, we analyzed the antimicrobial resistance properties and T antigenic types of 511 isolates collected in Lisbon district, Portugal, from throat swabs of healthy subjects (n=341), during 2000-2002 and from diverse infection sites (n=170) of outpatients and inpatients, during 1999-2002. Erythromycin resistance was higher in tonsillitis/pharyngitis (27.4%) and skin infection isolates (21.1%), than in carriage and invasive isolates (
Authors
R Pires, D Rolo, L Gama Norton, A Morais, L Lito, M Salgado, C Johansson, G Möllerberg, B Henriques Normark, J Gonçalo Marques, I Santos Sanches
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