High incidence of erythromycin resistance among clinical isolates of Streptococcus agalactiae in Taiwan

Authors
Hsueh, PR Teng, LJ Lee, LN Ho, SW Yang, PC Luh, KT
Citation
Pr. Hsueh et al., High incidence of erythromycin resistance among clinical isolates of Streptococcus agalactiae in Taiwan, ANTIM AG CH, 45(11), 2001, pp. 3205-3208
Citations number
32
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY
ISSN journal
00664804 → ACNP
Volume
45
Issue
11
Year of publication
2001
Pages
3205 - 3208
Database
ISI
SICI code
0066-4804(200111)45:11<3205:HIOERA>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
The in vitro susceptibilities of 266 isolates of Streptococcus agalactiae d etermined by the agar dilution method showed that 6% of isolates were nonsu sceptible to penicillin and 46% was resistant to erythromycin. Of the eryth romycin- resistant isolates, 86.3% had the macrolide-lincosamide-streptogra m in (MLS) resistance phenotype (constitutive MLS, 85.5%; inducible MLS, 0. 8%) and 13.7% had the M phenotype.