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. 2003 Oct;41(10):4858-61.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.41.10.4858-4861.2003.

Molecular analysis of group A streptococcal isolates associated with scarlet fever in southern Taiwan between 1993 and 2002

Jing-Jou Yan  1 , Ching-Chuan Liu, Wen-Chien Ko, Shui-Yuan Hsu, Hsiu-Mei Wu, Yee-Shin Lin, Ming T Lin, Woei-Jer Chuang, Jiunn-Jong Wu
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Molecular analysis of group A streptococcal isolates associated with scarlet fever in southern Taiwan between 1993 and 2002

Jing-Jou Yan et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2003 Oct.

Abstract

Collected between 1993 and 2002 at a Taiwanese university hospital, 77 group A streptococcus isolates associated with scarlet fever were grouped by emm typing and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. The predominance of an emm1 clone before 1996 and the presence of genetically diverse emm1 and emm4 strains thereafter were found.

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FIG. 1.
PFGE profiles of SmaI-digested genomic DNAs from 13 representative isolates of GAS. Lanes 1 to 13, PFGE patterns A to M.
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(A) Changes in the numbers and percentages of GAS isolates of different emm types during the period studied. (B) Changes in the percentage of erythromycin-resistant GAS isolates and in the numbers of ermB-positive and mefA-positive isolates during the study period.
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