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Resistance to macrolides in Group A streptococci from the European section of Turkey: genetic and phenotypic characterization |
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| Authors: | Akata Filiz Oztürk Devrim Tansel Ozlem Tatman-Otkun Müserref Otkun Metin Fitoussi Frederic Bingen Edouard Tugrul Murat |
| Affiliation: | a Department of Clinical Bacteriology and Infectious Diseases, Medical Faculty of Trakya University, 22030, Edirne, Turkey b Service de Microbiologie, Hôpital Robert Debré, 75019, Paris, France |
| Abstract: | The aim of this study was to determine the susceptibilities to macrolides of Group A streptococcal isolates from the European section of Turkey. In the case of resistant isolates, the patterns and genetic mechanisms of erythromycin resistance were studied. Seven (2.7%) of the 260 isolates were resistant to erythromycin. Four of them showed the M phenotype and harboured mefA genes whereas three isolates showed the inducible macrolide, lincosamide and streptogramin B resistance phenotype and harboured ermTR genes. In the European section of Turkey, the current resistance rate of Group A streptococci to macrolides remains low. |
| Keywords: | Group A streptococci Macrolide resistance Resistance phenotype mefA ermTR |
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