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Volume 11, Number 6, June 2005

Emergence and Spread of Streptococcus pneumoniae with erm(B) and mef(A) Resistance

David J. Farrell,* Stephen G. Jenkins,† Steven D. Brown,‡ Manish Patel,§ Bruce S. Lavin,§ and Keith P. Klugman¶#
*G.R. Micro Ltd, London, United Kingdom; †Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA; ‡Clinical Microbiology Institute, Wilsonville, Oregon, USA; §sanofi-aventis, Bridgewater, New Jersey, USA; ¶Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; and #University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

 
 
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Figure. Phylogenetic relationships of the 82 different sequence type variations found in 518 Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates with combined erm(B)- and mef(A)-mediated macrolide resistance collected during the PROTEKT global study (1999–2003, n = 366) and the PROTEKT US study (2000–2003, n = 152) compared with the 20 PMEN (Pneumococcal Molecular Epidemiology Network [29]) clones.

 

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