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Volume 20, Number 5—May 2014
Dispatch

Extensively Drug-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae, South Korea, 2011–2012

Sun Young Cho1, Jin Yang Baek1, Cheol-In KangComments to Author , So Hyun Kim, Young Eun Ha, Doo Ryeon Chung, Nam Yong Lee, Kyong Ran Peck, and Jae-Hoon Song
Author affiliations: Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea (S.Y. Cho, C.-I. Kang, Y.E. Ha, D.R. Chung, N.Y. Lee, K.R. Peck, J.-H. Song); Asia Pacific Foundation for Infectious Diseases, Seoul (J.Y. Baek, S.H. Kim, J.-H. Song)

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Table 2

Antimicrobial susceptibilities of 5 extensively drug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates, Seoul, South Korea, 2011–2012*

Strain no. MIC, μg/mL
LZD TGC VAN PEN TMP/SXT CLI CRO LVX ERY CLR TET IPM
SMC1101–114 0.5 <0.03 0.5 8 32/608 >32 16 16 64 16 32 2
SMC1101–127 0.5 <0.03 0.25 8 32/608 >32 64 16 128 >32 32 2
SMC1103–146 0.5 <0.03 0.25 8 32/608 >32 64 16 128 >32 32 2
SMC1105–235 0.5 <0.03 0.25 8 32/608 >32 32 16 128 >32 32 2
SMC1108–054 0.5 <0.03 0.5 8 32/608 >32 64 16 128 >32 16 2

*LZD, linezolid; TGC, tigecycline; VAN, vancomycin; PEN, penicillin; TMP/SXT, trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole; CLI, clindamycin;
CRO, ceftriaxone; LVX, levofloxacin; ERY, erythromycin; CLR, clarithromycin; TET, tetracycline; IPM, imipenem; SMC, Samsung Medical Center.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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