Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy · 1999 · 64 citations · 10 references
Life SciencesInfectious DiseasesMicrobiologyAntimicrobial ResistanceBacteriologyMedical MicrobiologyAntibiotic ResistanceAntibiotic Resistance MechanismsAntimicrobial Susceptibility TestingBacterial InfectionsBeta-lactam ResistanceResistance SurveillanceAntibiotic Susceptibility TestingAntimicrobial Resistance PatternsHospital Antimicrobial Resistance SurveillancePathogen Susceptibility SurveillanceResistance Mechanisms In StreptococciSpectrum Of Beta-lactam AntibioticsSurveillance Of Beta-lactam Resistanceβ-Lactam Antibiotics
A nationwide susceptibility surveillance study of beta-hemolytic streptococcal isolates from pharyngeal swabs obtained in 11 Spanish hospitals between May 1996 and April 1997 against 12 antibiotics was carried out. Of the isolates 86% (786 of 914 isolates) were group A and 8.4% (77 of 914 isolates) were group C. No resistance was found to beta-lactam antibiotics, but significant differences (P < 0.001) with respect to lack of susceptibility to macrolides were found between groups (27% for group A and 12% for group C) and between seasons (13.2% in summer and 31.7% in winter). Most of these isolates displayed the M phenotype (low-level resistance to erythromycin and susceptibility to clindamycin).
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