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Volume 15, Number 8—August 2009
Research

Increase in Pneumococcus Macrolide Resistance, United States

Stephen G. JenkinsComments to Author  and David J. Farrell
Author affiliations: Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA (S.G. Jenkins); Quotient Bioresearch Ltd, London, UK (D.J. Farrell)

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Table 3

Antimicrobial susceptibility of erythromycin-resistant isolates, by genotype, year 6 (2005–2006) of the PROTEKT US surveillance study*

   Genotype    Amoxicillin−clavulanate
   Levofloxacin
   Telithromycin
   Susceptibility, %
   MIC, μg/mL
   Susceptibility, %
   MIC, μg/mL
   Susceptibility, %
   MIC, μg/mL
   S    I    R    MIC50    MIC90    S    I    R    MIC50    MIC90    S    I    R    MIC50    MIC90
   erm(B)†    96.2    0.9    2.9    0.12    2    98.2    0.2    1.6    1    1    99.1    0.7    0.2    0.03    0.12
   mef(A)‡    92.1    3.7    4.2    0.25    2    98.9    0.1    1.0    1    1    99.6    0.4    0    0.25    0.5
   erm(B) + mef(A)§    9.7    9.9    80.3    >8    >8    98.8    0.2    1.0    1    1    99.1    0.5    0.3    1    1

   *PROTEKT US, Prospective Resistant Organism Tracking and Epidemiology for the Ketolide Telithromycin, United States; S, susceptible; I, intermediate; R, resistant.
   †n = 448.
   ‡n = 1,282.
   §n = 575.

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