Volume 5, Number 6—December 1999
Synopsis
Antimicrobial Resistance with Streptococcus pneumoniae in the United States, 1997–98
Gary V. Doern
, Angela B. Brueggemann, Holly Huynh, Elizabeth Wingert, and Paul Rhomberg
, Angela B. Brueggemann, Holly Huynh, Elizabeth Wingert, and Paul RhombergTable 4
Frequency of isolation of strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae with various patterns of antimicrobial resistancea
| Pattern of resistanceb |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penicillin | Erythromycin | Tetracycline | TMP/ SMX | Chloramphenicol | No. |
| R | S | S | S | S | 94 |
| R | S | S | R | S | 111 |
| R | S | S | R | R | 1 |
| R | S | R | S | S | 4 |
| R | S | R | R | S | 8 |
| R | S | R | R | R | 15 |
| R | R | S | S | S | 9 |
| R | R | S | R | S | 75 |
| R | R | S | R | R | 3 |
| R | R | R | S | S | 10 |
| R | R | R | R | S | 57 |
| R | R | R | R | R | 87 |
aTotal number of isolates tested = 1,601.
bResistance includes both intermediate and resistant strains.
R, resistant; S, susceptible; TMP/SMX, trimethoprim/ sulfamethoxazole.
