Erythromycin resistance in Streptococcus pyogenes in Italy

Matteo Bassetti; Graziana Manno; Andrea Collidà; Alberto Ferrando; Giorgio Gatti; Elisabetta Ugolotti; Mario Cruciani; Dante Baasetti

Erythromycin resistance in Streptococcus pyogenes in Italy

Matteo Bassetti, Graziana Manno, Andrea Collidà, Alberto Ferrando, Giorgio Gatti, Elisabetta Ugolotti, Mario Cruciani, Dante Baasetti

Istituto "Giannina Gaslini"

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	180-183
Number of pages	4
Journal	Emerging Infectious Diseases
Volume	6
Issue number	2
Publication status	Published - Mar 2000

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Microbiology (medical)

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