Macrolide resistance and emm type distribution of invasive pediatric group A streptococcal isolates: three-year prospective surveillance from a children's hospital
Jaggi P;Beall B;Rippe J;Tanz RR;Shulman ST;;
the pediatric infectious disease journal2007Vol. 26pp. -
348
p2007themacrolide
Abstract
In this group of 35 invasive GAS isolates, no cases of macrolide resistance were found. emm type 1 accounted for the highest percentage of invasive disease, followed by emm type 12. The type-specific GAS M protein-based vaccine currently in development includes the emm types of 33 of 35 (94%) of the …