ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANCE OF CLINICAL ISOLATES OF STREPTOCOCCUS-PNEUMONIAE IN GREECE

Authors
KANAVAKI S KARABELA S MARINIS E LEGAKIS NJ
Citation
S. Kanavaki et al., ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANCE OF CLINICAL ISOLATES OF STREPTOCOCCUS-PNEUMONIAE IN GREECE, Journal of clinical microbiology, 32(12), 1994, pp. 3056-3058
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
Journal of clinical microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00951137
Volume
32
Issue
12
Year of publication
1994
Pages
3056 - 3058
Database
ISI
SICI code
0095-1137(1994)32:12<3056:AOCIOS>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
The antibiotic susceptibilities of 1,002 Streptococcus pneumoniae clin ical isolates from patients with community-acquired pneumonia were det ermined over an 18-month period. Resistance rates were 14% for penicil lin, 20% for erythromycin, 26% for tetracycline, and 1% for chloramphe nicol. Resistance to non-beta-lactam antibiotics was associated with p enicillin resistance at statistically significant levels.