Description of Two New Isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Spain That Are Highly Resistant to Cefotaxime | Zendy

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Description of Two New Isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Spain That Are Highly Resistant to Cefotaxime

Author(s) -

Joaquín Ruiz,

M Sempere,

E Simarro,

Asunción Fenoll

Publication year - 1998

Publication title -

antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.07

H-Index - 259

eISSN - 1070-6283

pISSN - 0066-4804

DOI - 10.1128/aac.42.10.2768

Subject(s) - cefotaxime , streptococcus pneumoniae , microbiology and biotechnology , penicillin , sputum , biology , antibiotics , medicine , tuberculosis , pathology

Two strains ofStreptococcus pneumoniae isolated from sputum and bronchoalveolar samples with high-level resistance to cefotaxime (MIC = 8 to 16 μg/ml) are described. One of them, belonging to serogroup 19, was also highly resistant to penicillin (MIC = 16 μg/ml), while the other, of serogroup 14, was intermediate in its resistance to penicillin (MIC = 0.25 μg/ml). To our knowledge, these are the first two strains to be isolated in Spain with such high levels of resistance to cefotaxime.

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