Rapid decrease in the prevalence of macrolide-resistant group A streptococci due to the appearance of two epidemic clones in Cantabria (Spain)

J Antimicrob Chemother. 2007 Aug;60(2):450-2. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkm174. Epub 2007 May 31.
No abstract available

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
  • Clone Cells
  • Drug Resistance, Bacterial
  • Drug Utilization
  • Erythromycin / pharmacology
  • Genotype
  • Humans
  • Macrolides / pharmacology*
  • Phenotype
  • Spain / epidemiology
  • Streptococcal Infections / epidemiology*
  • Streptococcal Infections / microbiology*
  • Streptococcus pyogenes / drug effects*
  • Streptococcus pyogenes / genetics

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Macrolides
  • Erythromycin