Bacitracin-resistant clone of Streptococcus pyogenes isolated from pharyngitis patients in Belgium |
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| Authors: | Malhotra-Kumar Surbhi Wang Shuang Lammens Christine Chapelle Sabine Goossens Herman |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Microbiology, University of Antwerp (UIA), Antwerp, Belgium. surbhi@uia.ac.be |
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| Abstract: | We report 16 bacitracin-resistant Streptococcus pyogenes isolates recovered from pharyngitis patients in Belgium, 14 of which belonged to a particular emm type (emm28). All 16 isolates were constitutively resistant to macrolides and carried erm(B). The emergence of a bacitracin-resistant S. pyogenes clone raises questions about the continued reliability of bacitracin susceptibility testing for S. pyogenes identification. |
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