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The MICs were determined for penicillin and seven other antimicrobials. Penicillin tolerance was also investigated. Genetic diversity was analysed by PFGE after<jats:italic>Sma<\/jats:italic>I fragmentation of the genomic DNA. All 211 isolates tested were susceptible to penicillin (MIC 0.0025\u20130.02 mg l<jats:sup>\u22121<\/jats:sup>). Four isolates were moderately penicillin-tolerant (MBC\/MIC = 16 mg l<jats:sup>\u22121<\/jats:sup>). Most of the other drugs tested were very active against the strains examined, except for tetracycline, to which 50 % of strains were resistant. We also found extensive genetic diversity, in that 60 different patterns were recognized in the 96 strains studied. Indeed, we found no correlation between tetracycline resistance and clonality. 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