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Characterization of 147 erythromycin-resistant S. pneumoniae isolates used in this study
| Resistance phenotype | No. of strains | No. of isolates with resistance gene(s) detected
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| ermA, -B, or -C | mefE | None | ||
| MLSB | 64 | 57 | 1a | 7 |
| M | 82 | 0 | 81 | 1 |
| MS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
One constitutive MLSB isolate possessed both erm and mefE genes.
