ANTIMICROBIAL SUSCEPTIBILITIES OF GROUP-B STREPTOCOCCI ISOLATED BETWEEN 1992 AND 1996 FROM PATIENTS WITH BACTEREMIA OR MENINGITIS

Authors
FERNANDEZ M HICKMAN ME BAKER CJ
Citation
M. Fernandez et al., ANTIMICROBIAL SUSCEPTIBILITIES OF GROUP-B STREPTOCOCCI ISOLATED BETWEEN 1992 AND 1996 FROM PATIENTS WITH BACTEREMIA OR MENINGITIS, Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 42(6), 1998, pp. 1517-1519
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Pharmacology & Pharmacy",Microbiology
Journal title
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy → ACNP
ISSN journal
00664804
Volume
42
Issue
6
Year of publication
1998
Pages
1517 - 1519
Database
ISI
SICI code
0066-4804(1998)42:6<1517:ASOGSI>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
In vitro testing of 229 group B streptococcal isolates from a variety of patients with invasive infections indicated uniform penicillin G su sceptibility. However, 17 (7.4%) isolates were resistant to erythromyc in and 8 (3.4%) were resistant to clindamycin. These results support t he continued use of penicillin G as the drug of choice for the treatme nt and prevention of group B streptococcal disease.