Volume 6, Number 3—June 2000
Research
High Prevalence of Penicillin-Nonsusceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae at a Community Hospital in Oklahoma
Ronald L. Moolenaar*†
, Ronda Pasley-Shaw†, John R. Harkess†, Anthony Lee‡, and James M. Crutcher‡
, Ronda Pasley-Shaw†, John R. Harkess†, Anthony Lee‡, and James M. Crutcher‡Table 2
Penicillin-susceptibility test results from three laboratories for 17 invasive isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae, Hospital A, Oklahoma, November 1997 through February 1998
| E-test |
Broth dilution | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Source | Hospital A | Hospital B | Children's Hospital of Oklahoma |
| Blood | I | S | S |
| Blood | R | I | R |
| Blood | R | R | R |
| Blood | R | I | I |
| Blood | S | S | S |
| Blood | I | I | I |
| Blood | R | R | I |
| Blood | S | S | S |
| Blood | R | I | I |
| Blood | S | S | S |
| CSF | S | S | S |
| Blood | S | S | S |
| Blood | I | I | I |
| CSF | R | R | I |
| Blood | R | R | R |
| Blood | R | R | R |
| Blood | S | S | S |
| I or R % | 65% | 59% | 59% |
I, having intermediate resistance; R, highly resistant; S, susceptible to the antibiotic.
CSF = cerebrospinal fluid
