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. 1985 Feb;27(2):272–274. doi: 10.1128/aac.27.2.272

Isolation and preliminary characterization of erythromycin-resistant variants of Legionella micdadei and Legionella pneumophila.

J N Dowling, D A McDevitt, A W Pasculle
PMCID: PMC176253  PMID: 3985605

Abstract

Erythromycin-resistant Legionella spp. variants were obtained by a single passage of the naturally occurring bacteria on medium containing various concentrations of erythromycin. By disk diffusion susceptibility testing, at least three different phenotypic patterns of cross-resistance to macrolide, lincosamide, and streptogramin B antibiotics were observed among the 26 erythromycin-resistant strains examined.

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