Molecular epidemiology and antimicrobial susceptibility of group A Streptococcus isolated from children in Greece during 2023
A predominance of emm12 and emm1 was detected in non-iGAS isolates and of emm1 in iGAS isolates, and specifically M1<sub>UK</sub> in fatal isolates. A decline in GAS macrolide resistance, compared to previous studies in our area, was detected.
Authors
- Elizabeth‐Barbara Tatsi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7325-6195)
- Maria-Myrto Dourdouna (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9470-8282)
- Athanasios Michos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1745-1118)
- Angeliki Stathi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9820-6570)
- Foteini I. Koutouzi
- Theano Georgakopoulou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9559-7476)
- Charilaos Dellis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6195-0999)
- Anastassios Doudoulakakis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5286-5896)
- Κωνσταντίνα Κοντοπούλου (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0121-8688)
- Levantia Zachariadou
- George Kalogeras
- Aspasia Rizou
- George Paradeisis
Institutions
- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (GR)
- General Hospital of Athens G. Genimatas (GR)
- 424 General Military Hospital (GR)
- Children's Hospital Agia Sophia (GR)
- National Public Health Organization (GR)
- Panagiotis & Aglaia Kyriakou Children's Hospital (GR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Infection
- Published
- 2025-11-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-025-02639-0
- Primary Topic
- Streptococcal Infections and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Hellenic Academic Libraries Link