Antimicrobial resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae recovered from outpatients with respiratory tract infections in Germany from 1998 to 1999 : Results of a national surveillance study

Clinically significant pneumococcal isolates were prospectively collected from outpatients with respiratory tract infections by 19 different clinical microbiology laboratories in Germany. Resistance rates in a total of 961 isolates were as follows: penicillin, 6.6%; clarithromycin, 10.6%; tetracycli...

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Published in:Journal of clinical microbiology 2001-03, Vol.39 (3), p.1187-1189
Main Authors: REINERT, Ralf René, SIMIC, Smiljana, AL-LAHHAM, Adnan, REINERT, Susanne, LEMPERLE, Maria, LÜTTICKEN, Rudolf
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Anti-Bacterial Agents - pharmacology
Bacterial diseases
Bacterial diseases of the respiratory system
Bacteriology
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Child, Preschool
Epidemiology
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Germany
Germany - epidemiology
Human bacterial diseases
Humans
Infant
Infectious diseases
Medical sciences
Microbial Sensitivity Tests - methods
Microbiology
Pneumococcal Infections - epidemiology
Pneumococcal Infections - microbiology
Population Surveillance
Prevalence
Respiratory Tract Infections - epidemiology
Respiratory Tract Infections - microbiology
Serotyping
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Streptococcus pneumoniae - drug effects
Streptococcus pneumoniae - isolation & purification
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Summary:Clinically significant pneumococcal isolates were prospectively collected from outpatients with respiratory tract infections by 19 different clinical microbiology laboratories in Germany. Resistance rates in a total of 961 isolates were as follows: penicillin, 6.6%; clarithromycin, 10.6%; tetracycline, 13.9%; and levofloxacin, 0.1%. Among 324 isolates from children, pneumococcal serotypes 19F (17.0%), 23F (13.0%), and 6B (11.7%) were the predominant types.
ISSN:0095-1137
1098-660X
DOI:10.1128/JCM.39.3.1187-1189.2001