TABLE 4.
Distribution of emm types among 54 erythromycin-resistant and 60 erythromycin-susceptible S. pyogenes strains isolated from outpatients in Germany from 1999 to 2000
| emm type | No. (%) of strains:
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Erythromycin susceptible | Erythromycin resistant | |
| 1 | 6 (10.0) | 7 (13.0) |
| 2 | 2 (3.3) | 1 (1.9) |
| 3 | 3 (5.0) | 1 (1.9) |
| 4 | 4 (6.7) | 13 (24.1) |
| 5 | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.9) |
| 6 | 5 (8.3) | 0 (0.0) |
| 9 | 2 (3.3) | 0 (0.0) |
| 12 | 10 (16.7) | 8 (14.8) |
| 22 | 1 (1.7) | 1 (1.9) |
| 28 | 9 (15.0) | 2 (3.7) |
| 29 | 1 (1.7) | 0 (0.0) |
| 44/61 | 0 (0.0) | 2 (3.7) |
| 49 | 2 (3.3) | 0 (0.0) |
| 58 | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.9) |
| 59 | 1 (1.7) | 0 (0.0) |
| 75 | 5 (8.3) | 1 (1.9) |
| 77 | 5 (8.3) | 16 (29.6) |
| 78 | 3 (5.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| 81 | 1 (1.7) | 0 (0.0) |
| Total | 60 (100.0) | 54 (100.0) |