increasing resistance of group A strep to macrolide antibiotics
May 2002
Experts are concerned about increasing resistance of group A strep to macrolide antibiotics...erythromycin, clarithromycin (Biaxin), and azithromycin (Zithromax).
Until recently there has been very little antibiotic-resistant group A streptococcus (GAS) in the U.S.
But now almost 50% of group A strep in some areas are resistant to macrolides...probably due to increasing use of these antibiotics.
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