title: Emergence of clindamycin-resistant Streptococcus pyogenes isolates obtained from patients with severe invasive infections in Japan.
authors.affiliation: Department of Bacteriology I, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo 162-8640, Japan. tdikebe@nih.go.jp
authors.forename: Tadayoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ikebe
authors.forename: Akihito
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wada
authors.forename: Yuuko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Oguro
authors.forename: Kikuyo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ogata
authors.forename: Chihiro
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Katsukawa
authors.forename: Junko
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Isobe
authors.forename: Tomoko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shima
authors.forename: Rieko
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Hitomi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ohya
authors.forename: Kiyoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tominaga
authors.forename: Rumi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Okuno
authors.forename: Yumi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Uchitani
authors.forename: Haruo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Watanabe
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002981:Clindamycin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D013297:Streptococcus pyogenes / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D002981:Clindamycin