Laboratory Survey of Drug-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in New York City, 1993—1995
oleh: Richard Heffernan, Kelly Henning, Anne Labowitz, Annette Hjelte, Marcelle Layton
| Format: | Article |
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| Diterbitkan: | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 1998-03-01 |
Deskripsi
Wide geographic variation in the prevalence of drug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae demonstrates the importance of tracking antimicrobial resistance locally. This survey of hospital microbiology laboratories in New York City found that penicillin resistance (MIC > 2.0 μg/ml) increased from 1.5% of S. pneumoniae isolates in 1993 to 6.3% in 1995 and that in 1995, one-third of isolates nonsusceptible to penicillin (MIC > 0.1 µg/ml) were also nonsusceptible to an extended-spectrum cephalosporin (MIC > 1 µg/ml).