Erythromycin and clindamycin resistance and telithromycin susceptibility in Streptococcus agalactiae |
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| Authors: | Betriu C Culebras E Gómez M Rodríguez-Avial I Sánchez B A Agreda M C Picazo J J |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Clinical Microbiology, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, 28040 Madrid, Spain. cbetriu@efd.net |
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The rates of resistance to erythromycin and clindamycin among Streptococcus agalactiae strains isolated in our hospital increased from 4.2 and 0.8% in 1993 to 17.4 and 12.1%, respectively, in 2001. Erythromycin resistance was mainly due to the presence of an Erm(B) methylase, while the M phenotype was detected in 3.8% of the strains. Telithromycin was very active against erythromycin-resistant strains, irrespective of their mechanisms of macrolide resistance. |
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