Antimicrobial resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae recovered from outpatients with respiratory tract infections in Germany from 1998 to 1999. Results of a National Surveillance Study

Authors
Reinert, RR Simic, S Al-Lahham, A Reinert, S Lemperle, M Lutticken, R
Citation
Rr. Reinert et al., Antimicrobial resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae recovered from outpatients with respiratory tract infections in Germany from 1998 to 1999. Results of a National Surveillance Study, J CLIN MICR, 39(3), 2001, pp. 1187-1189
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Immunolgy & Infectious Disease",Microbiology
Journal title
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY
ISSN journal
00951137 → ACNP
Volume
39
Issue
3
Year of publication
2001
Pages
1187 - 1189
Database
ISI
SICI code
0095-1137(200103)39:3<1187:AROSPR>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
Clinically significant pneumococcal isolates were prospectively collected f rom outpatients with respiratory tract infections by 19 different clinical microbiology laboratories in Germany. Resistance rates in a total of 961 is olates were as follows: penicillin, 6.6%; clarithromycin, 10.6%; tetracycli ne, 13.9%; and levofloxacin, 0.1%, Among 324 isolates from children, pneumo coccal serotypes 19F (17.0%), 23F (13.0%), and 6B (11.7%) were the predomin ant types.