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T1  - Clindamycin resistant emm33 Streptococcus pyogenes emerged among invasive infections in Helsinki metropolitan area, Finland, 2012 to 2013 
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UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/165490 
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A1  - Pesola, A. K.; Sihvonen, R.; Lindholm, L.; Patari-Sampo, A. 
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Y1  - 2015 
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AB  - In 2012, blood, skin and soft tissue infections caused by clindamycin resistant Streptococcus pyogenes (group A streptococcus; GAS) appeared to be increasing in the Helsinki metropolitan area. We compared monthly percentages of clindamycin resistant isolates in the area between 2012 and 2013, with those in 2010 and 2011. Resistance frequency in terms of patient age was also studied. We reviewed the medical records of bacteraemic cases in 2012 and 2013 and linked the data to emm types. To inform ... 
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KW  - GROUP-A STREPTOCOCCI; IN-VITRO ACTIVITY; ERYTHROMYCIN RESISTANCE; PYOGENES; MACROLIDES; DISEASE; TELITHROMYCIN; PNEUMONIAE; MECHANISMS; 3121 General medicine, internal medicine and other clinical medicine 
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