High incidence of erythromycin resistance among clinical isolates of Streptococcus agalactiae in Taiwan
Journal
Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
Journal Volume
45
Journal Issue
11
Pages
3205-3208
Date Issued
2001
Author(s)
Abstract
The in vitro susceptibilities of 266 isolates of Streptococcus agalactiae determined by the agar dilution method showed that 6% of isolates were nonsusceptible to penicillin and 46% was resistant to erythromycin. Of the erythromycin-resistant isolates, 86.3% had the macrolide-lincosamide-streptogramin (MLS) resistance phenotype (constitutive MLS, 85.5%; inducible MLS, 0.8%) and 13.7% had the M phenotype.
Type
journal article