Bacitracin-Resistant Clone of Streptococcus pyogenes Isolated from Pharyngitis Patients in Belgium
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- 1 November 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Vol. 41 (11) , 5282-5284
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.41.11.5282-5284.2003
Abstract
We report 16 bacitracin-resistant Streptococcus pyogenes isolates recovered from pharyngitis patients in Belgium, 14 of which belonged to a particular emm type ( emm 28). All 16 isolates were constitutively resistant to macrolides and carried erm (B). The emergence of a bacitracin-resistant S. pyogenes clone raises questions about the continued reliability of bacitracin susceptibility testing for S. pyogenes identification.Keywords
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