Emergence of clindamycin-resistant Streptococcus pyogenes isolates obtained from patients with severe invasive infections in Japan

Jpn J Infect Dis. 2010 Jul;63(4):304-5.

Authors

Tadayoshi Ikebe¹, Akihito Wada, Yuuko Oguro, Kikuyo Ogata, Chihiro Katsukawa, Junko Isobe, Tomoko Shima, Rieko Suzuki, Hitomi Ohya, Kiyoshi Tominaga, Rumi Okuno, Yumi Uchitani, Haruo Watanabe; Working Group for Beta-hemolytic Streptococci in Japan

Collaborators

Working Group for Beta-hemolytic Streptococci in Japan:
S Matsunaga, Y Tada, N Okabe, T Kawai, A Waguri, T Konno, K Iwabuchi, A Kaneko, T Hoshi, S Watanabe, M Hosoya, G Kobayashi, K Imai, N Tanaka, H Kurosawa, N Shimada, S Kobori, K Kishida, Y Matsumoto, Y Kojima, A Sasano, M Onuma, H Nagase, M Hiroi, Y Kanazawa, A Suenaga, A Fujito, T Karasudani, M Usami, Y Takeda, M Kurosaki, H Nakajima, Y Kubo, J Kudaka, S Moroishi

Affiliation

¹ Department of Bacteriology I, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo 162-8640, Japan. [email protected]

PMID: 20657078

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
Clindamycin / pharmacology*
DNA Transposable Elements
DNA, Bacterial / genetics
Drug Resistance, Bacterial*
Genes, Bacterial
Genotype
Humans
Japan
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Streptococcal Infections / microbiology*
Streptococcus pyogenes / drug effects*
Streptococcus pyogenes / isolation & purification

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
DNA Transposable Elements
DNA, Bacterial
Clindamycin