Erythromycin-Resistant Group A Streptococci in Schoolchildren in Pittsburgh
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- 18 April 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 346 (16) , 1200-1206
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa013169
Abstract
Resistance to erythromycin has been very uncommon among group A streptococci in the United States.Keywords
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