Predominance of emm4 and antibiotic resistance of Streptococcus pyogenes in acute pharyngitis in a southern region of Korea | Zendy

Seungwook Kim | Zendy; Seung Jun Lee | Zendy; Hyunwoong Park | Zendy; SunJoo Kim | Zendy

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Predominance of emm4 and antibiotic resistance of Streptococcus pyogenes in acute pharyngitis in a southern region of Korea

Author(s) -

Seungwook Kim,

Seung Jun Lee,

Hyunwoong Park,

SunJoo Kim

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

journal of medical microbiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.91

H-Index - 117

eISSN - 1473-5644

pISSN - 0022-2615

DOI - 10.1099/jmm.0.001005

Subject(s) - streptococcus pyogenes , microbiology and biotechnology , clindamycin , genotype , pharyngitis , erythromycin , genotyping , ofloxacin , antibiotics , biology , antibiotic resistance , acute pharyngitis , tetracycline , medicine , gene , ciprofloxacin , bacteria , genetics , staphylococcus aureus

Streptococcus pyogenes is the most common cause of bacterial pharyngitis. Genotyping of emm is useful for molecular epidemiological survey of S. pyogenes. Antibiotic resistance data are needed for empirical treatments.

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