Skip directly to site content Skip directly to page options Skip directly to A-Z link Skip directly to A-Z link Skip directly to A-Z link
Volume 9, Number 2—February 2003
Research

Using Hospital Antibiogram Data To Assess Regional Pneumococcal Resistance to Antibiotics

Cheryl R. Stein*, David J. Weber*, and Meera Kelley*Comments to Author 
Author affiliations: *The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Main Article

Table 1

Streptococcus pneumoniae susceptibility to nine antimicrobial agents, North Carolina, 1996–2000

Year Percent of all isolates susceptible toa
Penicillin Erythromycin Cefotaxime Levofloxacin Tmp-smxb Tetracycline Clindamycin Vancomycin Chloram-phenicol
1996
65 (18; 1,854)
78 (4; 488)
85(9; 985)
100 (1; 205)
64 (5; 626)
96 (2; 254)
90(4; 492)
100 (7; 580)
93 (2; 381)
1997
63 (24; 2,406)
69 (11; 786)
80 (13; 1,272)
100 (1; 283)
57 (11; 786)
79 (4; 66)
76 (7; 655)
100 (11; 903)
95 (3; 117)
1998
56 (33; 2,827)
64 (17; 1,095)
83 (20; 1,970)
92 (4; 237)
51 (16; 975)
83 (10; 402)
88 (11; 606)
100 (19; 1202)
89 (10; 520)
1999
54 (36; 3,562)
61 (20; 1,397)
80 (22; 2,062)
94 (5; 525)
51 (16; 1,068)
84 (10; 406)
85 (13; 1,017)
100 (21; 1308)
92 (9; 540)
2000 52 (42; 3,497) 61 (27; 1,762) 77 (27; 2,296) 98 (12; 822) 50 (20; 1,292) 81 (14; 717) 88 (18; 1,238) 100 (26; 1,648) 94 (12; 730)

aValues in parentheses are number of hospitals contributing data and total number of isolates reported, respectively

bTmp-smx, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole

Main Article

Page created: December 07, 2010
Page updated: December 07, 2010
Page reviewed: December 07, 2010
The conclusions, findings, and opinions expressed by authors contributing to this journal do not necessarily reflect the official position of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Public Health Service, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or the authors' affiliated institutions. Use of trade names is for identification only and does not imply endorsement by any of the groups named above.
file_external