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High incidence of erythromycin-resistant streptococci in Taiwan
1Department of Medical Technology, National Cheng Kung University Medical College, Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China. jjWu@mail.ncku.edu.tw
Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
|April 1, 1997
Abstract:
The activities of nine antimicrobial agents against 247 isolates of group B, C, F, and G streptococci and viridans group streptococci were studied by the broth microdilution method. Erythromycin resistance was found in 29.7, 41.7, 81.8, 23.5, and 53.3% of the strains of group B, C, F, and G streptococci and viridans group streptococci tested, respectively. Macrolides are not considered an optimal alternative to penicillin in the treatment of streptococcal infections, at least empirically, in Taiwan.