HIGH-RATE OF ERYTHROMYCIN AND CLARITHROMYCIN RESISTANCE AMONG STREPTOCOCCUS-PNEUMONIAE ISOLATES FROM BLOOD CULTURES FROM PROVIDENCE, RI

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LONKS, JR [1 ]
MEDEIROS, AA [1 ]
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[1] MIRIAM HOSP,PROVIDENCE,RI 02906
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10.1128/AAC.37.9.1742
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Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 100705 ;
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Four (5%) of 81 recent isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae from the blood of adult patients but no isolates from pediatric patients (n = 51) were resistant (MIC, greater-than-or-equal-to mug/ml) to erythromycin. The MICs of clarithromycin were slightly lower than those of erythromycin, but there was complete cross-resistance. Routine testing and survelliance are needed to determine whether erythromycin resistance among S. pneumoniae isolates is increasing throughout the United States.
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