MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT STREPTOCOCCUS-PNEUMONIAE

Antimicrobial resistance in pneumococci is well established, Of major concern is the development of resistance to penicillin; however, reduc ed susceptibility to other commonly used agents such as chloramphenico l, erythromycin, and tetracycline has also been observed with increasi ng frequency.(1,2) We wish to report the isolation of a clinical strai n of Streptococcus pneumoniae with intermediate susceptibility to peni cillin (minimum inhibitory concentration, 1 mg/L), which was also resi stant to numerous other antimicrobial agents.