TY - JOUR AU - Cornaglia, Giuseppe AU - Ligozzi, Marco AU - Mazzariol, Annarita AU - Valentini, Myriam AU - Orefici, Graziella AU - Fontana, Roberta T1 - Rapid Increase of Resistance to Erythromycin and Clindamycin in Streptococcus pyogenes in Italy, 1993-1995 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 1996 VL - 2 IS - 4 SP - 339 SN - 1080-6059 AB - A survey of antibiotic resistance in Streptococcus pyogenes in Italy showed a sharp increase in erythromycin resistance. In 1993, the incidence of erythromycin-resistant strains was on average 5.1%, with marked variations by geographic area. Two years later, the incidence of these strains had registered a 1.5- to roughly 20-fold increase, with a mean value of 25.9%, exceeding 40% in three centers out of 13 and 30% in another four. For all the strains studied, normal levels of susceptibility to penicillin were reported. KW - KW - Italy DO - 10.3201/eid0204.960410 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/2/4/96-0410_article ER - End of Reference