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Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, May 2006, p. 1875-1877, Vol. 50, No. 5
0066-4804/06/$08.00+0 doi:10.1128/AAC.50.5.1875-1877.2006
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.
Erythromycin and Clindamycin Resistance in Group B Streptococcal Clinical Isolates
Scott E. Gygax,
Jessica A. Schuyler,
Lauren E. Kimmel,
Jason P. Trama,
Eli Mordechai, and
Martin E. Adelson*
Medical Diagnostic Laboratories, L.L.C., 2439 Kuser Road, Hamilton, New Jersey 08690
Received 2 November 2005/
Returned for modification 30 November 2005/
Accepted 7 February 2006
Erythromycin (EM) and clindamycin (CM) susceptibility testing was performed on 222 clinical isolates of group B Streptococcus. A multiplex PCR assay was used to detect the ermB, ermTR, and mefA/E antibiotic resistance genes. These results were compared to the phenotypes as determined by the standard EM/CM double disk diffusion assay.
* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Medical Diagnostic Laboratories, L.L.C., Department of Research and Development, 2439 Kuser Road, Hamilton, NJ 08690. Phone: (609) 570-1015. Fax: (609) 570-1030. E-mail: madelson{at}mdlab.com.
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Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, May 2006, p. 1875-1877, Vol. 50, No. 5
0066-4804/06/$08.00+0 doi:10.1128/AAC.50.5.1875-1877.2006
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.
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