Resistance to Erythromycin in Group A Streptococci

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Helena Seppälä

A Nissinen · Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland

Stig E. Holm · Umeå University

M Jahkola · Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland

Marja‐Leena Katila

Timo Klaukka

Abstract

In Finland since 1988 there has been a rapid and substantial increase in resistance to erythromycin in group A streptococci. The extent of this resistance is particularly serious since there are only a few alternative antibiotics available for peroral treatment of group A streptococcal infections.

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Streptococcal Infections and Treatments Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing

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Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 326, Issue 5, pp. 292-297

DOI: 10.1056/nejm199201303260503

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Resistance to Erythromycin in Group A Streptococci

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