Erythromycin Resistance in Streptococcus pyogenes in Italy

Erythromycin Resistance in Streptococcus pyogenes in Italy

In a prospective study of acute pharyngitis in Italian children, 69 (38.3%) of 180 isolates of Streptococcus pyogenes were resistant to macrolides. S. pyogenes was eradicated in 12 (63.1%) of 19 patients with erythromycin-resistant S. pyogenes treated with clarithromycin and in 22 (88%) of 25 patien...

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Main Authors: Matteo Bassetti, Graziana Manno, Andrea Collidà, Alberto Ferrando, Giorgio Gatti, Elisabetta Ugolotti, Mario Cruciani, Dante Bassetti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2000-04-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
acute pharyngitis
erythromycin-resistant
Italy
macrolide treatment
macrolides
S. pyogenes
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/6/2/00-0212_article

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