Open AccessAntimicrobial Resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae Recovered from Outpatients with Respiratory Tract Infections in Germany from 1998 to 1999: Results of a National Surveillance Study
Author(s) -
Ralf René Reinert,
Smiljana Simic,
Adnan AlLahham,
Susanne Reinert,
Maria Lemperle,
Rudolf Lütticken
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
journal of clinical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.349
H-Index - 255
eISSN - 1070-633X
pISSN - 0095-1137
DOI - 10.1128/jcm.39.3.1187-1189.2001
Subject(s) - streptococcus pneumoniae , levofloxacin , microbiology and biotechnology , penicillin , respiratory tract infections , pneumococcal infections , serotype , clarithromycin , biology , antibiotic resistance , medicine , antibiotics , respiratory system
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.