Multicenter Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae , Haemophilus influenzae , and Moraxella catarrhalis in Taiwan during the 1998–1999 Respiratory Season
- 1 May 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
- Vol. 44 (5) , 1342-1345
- https://doi.org/10.1128/aac.44.5.1342-1345.2000
Abstract
A susceptibility surveillance study of 276 isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae , 301 of Haemophilus influenzae , and 110 of Moraxella catarrhalis was carried out from November 1998 to May 1999 in Taiwan. High rates of nonsusceptibility to penicillin (76%), extended-spectrum cephalosporins (56%), azithromycin (94%), clarithromycin (95%), and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX) (65%) for S. pneumoniae isolates and high rates of nonsusceptibility to amoxicillin (58%) and TMP-SMX (52%) for H. influenzae isolates were found. Higher percentages of S. pneumoniae isolates nonsusceptible to aminopenicillins, extended-spectrum cephalosporins, macrolides, and TMP-SMX were observed among penicillin-intermediate and -resistant isolates. All quinolones tested were active in vitro against these three organisms.Keywords
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