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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

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Table 2

Comparison of surveillance systems tracking Streptococcus pneumoniae susceptibility to select antimicrobial agents, United States, 1997–2000a
Percentage of all isolates susceptible to
Year Studyc Penicillin Erythro-mycind Cefotaxime Levo-floxacine Tmp-smxd Tetracyline Clinda-mycin Vanco-mycin Chloram-phenicol
1997 ABC (2–5)
TRUST (9–12) 75
67 85
81 87
87 96
97 71
–– ––
–– ––
–– 100
–– ––
––
NC 63 69 80 100 57 79 76 100 95
1998 ABC
Doern (7–8)
TRUST 76
70
65 85
81
77 86
––
88 100
98
100 71
69
68 ––
87
–– ––
94
–– 100
––
100 ––
93
––
NC 56 64 83 92 51 83 88 100 89
1999 ABC
TRUST 73
67 80
77 83
85 100
99 68
66 ––
–– ––
–– 100
100 ––
––
NC 54 61 80 94 51 84 85 100 92
2000 ABC
Doern
RESP (13)
TRUST 73
66
84
66 78
74
66
73 82
––
95
83 100
99
100
99 68
64
70
65 ––
83
80
–– ––
81
89
93 100
––
100
100 ––
92
––
––
NC 52 61 77 99 50 81 88 100 94

aTmp-smx, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole; ABC, Active Bacterial Core Surveillance; TRUST, Tracking Resistance in the United States Today; RESP, Respiratory Surveillance Program.

bIf the surveillance overlapped two calendar years while covering one respiratory season, data were classified by the latter year. For example, isolates collected from October 1999 to April 2000 were labeled as year 2000 data.

cData for only invasive isolates (ABC); respiratory and invasive isolates (Doern, TRUST, NC); only respiratory isolates (RESP)

d1997–1999 TRUST data are for clarithromycin.

e1997 ABC data are for ofloxacin; all Doern data are for ciprofloxacin.

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