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Antibiotic susceptibility of group A streptococci: a 6-year follow-up study.

Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy ·Vol. 37 ·No. 8 ·1993-08-00 ·Pages 1717-9

Betriu C, Sanchez A, Gomez M, Cruceyra A, Picazo JJ

Abstract

The susceptibility patterns of group A streptococci over the last 6 years in our hospital were determined. Since our last study, carried out in 1987, all isolates have remained very susceptible in vitro to penicillin and all of the other beta-lactam agents tested. We observed resistance to erythromycin, clindamycin, tetracycline, and ofloxacin. The prevalence of erythromycin-resistant group A streptococci did not change appreciably throughout the study period.

MeSH Terms
Anti-Bacterial Agents/pharmacology Clindamycin/pharmacology Drug Resistance, Microbial Erythromycin/pharmacology Follow-Up Studies Humans Streptococcus pyogenes/drug effects Tetracycline Resistance
Chemicals
Anti-Bacterial Agents Clindamycin Erythromycin
Authors & Affiliations
5 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Betriu C
Servicio de Microbiología Clínica, Hospital Universitario San Carlos, Madrid, Spain.
Sanchez A
Gomez M
Cruceyra A
Picazo J J
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Article Info
Journal
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy
Abbr.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother
ISSN
0066-4804
DOI
10.1128/AAC.37.8.1717
Published
1993-08-00
Pages
1717-9
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
0315061
PMCID
PMC188051
Subset
IM
External Links
PubMed source DOI: 10.1128/AAC.37.8.1717 PMC Full Text View journal details
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