Determination of Characteristics of Erythromycin Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae with Preferred PCV Usage in Iran

Amongst 100 Streptococcus pneumoniae isolated from clinical cases and nasopharynx of healthy individuals, 60 erythromycin resistant strains were isolated and characterized using MLST, PFGE, transposon analysis and Quellung reaction. Most of the S. pneumoniae erythromycin resistant (80%) were found t...

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Main Authors: Talebi, Malihe, Azadegan, Azadeh, Sadeghi, Javad, Ahmadi, Ali, Ghanei, Mostafa, Katouli, Mohammad, Owlia, Parviz, Pourshafie, Mohammad R.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5199012/