Emerging Infectious Disease ISSN: 1080-6059

Hospital-reported Pneumococcal Susceptibility to Penicillin¹

Joshua P. Metlay*

, Charles C. Branas†, and Neil O. Fishman†

Author affiliations: *VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; †University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Proportion of penicillin-nonsusceptible pneumococcal bloodstream infections at hospitals in the Delaware Valley. The number of hospitals with each reported level of penicillin nonsusceptibility among all pneumococcal bloodstream isolates at each hospital in 1998 are shown. Penicillin nonsusceptibility was defined as any isolate with a penicillin MIC >0.1 μg/mL. Hospitals with <10 isolates in 1998 were excluded.

Figure 1. Proportion of penicillin-nonsusceptible pneumococcal bloodstream infections at hospitals in the Delaware Valley. The number of hospitals with each reported level of penicillin nonsusceptibility among all pneumococcal bloodstream isolates at each hospital in 1998 are shown. Penicillin nonsusceptibility was defined as any isolate with a penicillin MIC >0.1 μg/mL. Hospitals with <10 isolates in 1998 were excluded.

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1Presented in part at the 3rd International Symposium on Pneumococci and Pneumococcal Disease, Anchorage, Alaska, May 2002.

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