Erythromycin resistance in Streptococcus pyogenes in Italy

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作者
Bassetti, M
Manno, G
Collidà, A
Ferrando, A
Gatti, G
Ugolotti, U
Cruciani, M
Bassetti, D
机构
[1] Univ Genoa, G Gaslini Childrens Hosp, Dept Infect Dis, I-16147 Genoa, Italy
[2] Dept Infect Dis, Verona, Italy
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10.3201/eid0602.000212
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R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
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100102 ;
摘要
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 patients with erythromycin-susceptible strains. The constitutive-resistant phenotype was correlated with failure of macrolide treatment.
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