Trends in antimicrobial resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Japan.

Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy ·Vol. 39 ·No. 5 ·1995-05-00 ·Pages 1196-8

Yoshida R, Kaku M, Kohno S, Ishida K, Mizukane R, Takemura H, Tanaka H, Usui T, Tomono K, Koga H

Abstract

A total of 184 isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae were recovered from the sputa of patients over a 5-year period in the Nagasaki area and were examined. A total of 30 strains were resistant to penicillin (MIC, > or = 0.10 micrograms/ml), 13 of which belonged to serotype 19B. These strains showed decreased susceptibility to other antimicrobial agents. Vancomycin, cefpirome, and imipenem were the most active agents tested.

MeSH Terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents/pharmacology Drug Resistance, Microbial Drug Resistance, Multiple Humans Japan/epidemiology Microbial Sensitivity Tests Penicillin Resistance Pneumococcal Infections/epidemiology,microbiology Streptococcus pneumoniae/drug effects

Chemicals

Anti-Bacterial Agents

Authors & Affiliations

10 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID

Yoshida R

Department of Laboratory Medicine, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Japan.

Kaku M

Kohno S

Ishida K

Mizukane R

Takemura H

Tanaka H

Usui T

Tomono K

Koga H

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Article Info

Journal

Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

Abbr.

Antimicrob Agents Chemother

ISSN

0066-4804

DOI

10.1128/AAC.39.5.1196

Published

1995-05-00

Pages

1196-8

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

0315061

PMCID

PMC162711

Subset

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PubMed source DOI: 10.1128/AAC.39.5.1196 PMC Full Text View journal details

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