Table 2.
Distribution of Resistance Genes Among 127 Streptococcus pyogenes Isolates
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| Macrolide susceptibility | Susceptible to tetracycline | tet(K) | tet(L) | tet(M) | tet(O) | tet(K)+tet(L) | tet(K)+tet(O) | Tetracycline resistant, gene unknown | Total |
| Susceptible to erythromycin | 103 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 116 |
| erm(TR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| erm(B) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| mef(A) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Macrolide resistant, gene unknown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Total | 104 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 127 |