Resistance to erythromycin and telithromycin in Streptococcus pyogenes isolates obtained between 1999 and 2002 from Greek children with tonsillopharyngitis: phenotypic and genotypic analysis.

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Published in Antimicrob Agents Chemother on January 01, 2006

Authors

Ioanna N Grivea1, Adnan Al-Lahham, George D Katopodis, George A Syrogiannopoulos, Ralf René Reinert

Author Affiliations

1: University of Patras, School of Medicine, Greece.

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