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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 2003, p. 5787-5791, Vol. 41, No. 12
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.12.5787-5791.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Dissemination of Macrolide-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae Isolates Containing Both erm(B) and mef(A) in South Korea

Ken B. Waites,1,2* Kellie E. Jones,2 Kyung Hyo Kim,1,3 Stephen A. Moser,1,2 Crystal N. Johnson,2 Susan K. Hollingshead,2 Eun-Suk Kang,4 Ki Sook Hong,4 and William H. Benjamin Jr.1,2

Departments of Pathology,1 Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama,2 Pediatrics,3 Laboratory Medicine, College of Medicine, Ewha Woman's University, Seoul, South Korea4

Received 14 July 2003/ Returned for modification 20 August 2003/ Accepted 15 September 2003

Macrolide resistance was detected in 64 of 77 (83.1%) Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates from South Korea. Seven (10.9%) isolates contained only mef(A), 32 (50%) contained only erm(B), and 25 (39.1%) contained mef(A) and erm(B). Nineteen isolates containing mef(A) and erm(B) belonged to serotype 19F, and seven isolates were identical to the Taiwan19F-14 clone.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: University of Alabama at Birmingham, WP 230, 619 19th Str. South, Birmingham, AL 35249. Phone: (205) 934-0578. Fax: (205) 975-4468. Email: waites{at}path.uab.edu.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 2003, p. 5787-5791, Vol. 41, No. 12
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.12.5787-5791.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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