| rapid decrease in the prevalence of macrolide-resistant group a streptococci due to the appearance of two epidemic clones in cantabria (spain). | | 2007 | 17540676 |
| outbreak of invasive group a streptococcal disease among children attending a day-care center. | most cases of invasive group a streptococcal (gas) disease arise sporadically in the community, but outbreaks of severe invasive gas infections have been reported in closed environments, such as military populations, family communities and hospitals. an outbreak of invasive gas disease involving 3 cases of streptococcal toxic shock syndrome (tss), one with a fatal course, occurred among children attending a day-care center located in cantabria, northern spain. | 2008 | 18520444 |
| dissemination of emm28 erythromycin-, clindamycin- and bacitracin-resistant streptococcus pyogenes in spain. | reported here is an unusual cluster of non-invasive infections caused by an emm28 streptococcus pyogenes strain resistant to bacitracin, erythromycin and clindamycin detected in santander, spain. since one of the characteristics of group a streptococci is their almost uniform susceptibility to bacitracin, this finding was unusual, and a search for bacitracin-resistant streptococcus pyogenes strains was conducted in two other distant cities of spain (madrid and san sebastián) where their presence ... | 2004 | 14712367 |