Antimicrobial susceptibility patterns among viridans group streptococcal isolates from infective endocarditis patients from 1971 to 1986 and 1994 to 2002

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2004 Nov;48(11):4463-5. doi: 10.1128/AAC.48.11.4463-4465.2004.

Abstract

To determine whether changes in antimicrobial resistance have occurred among viridans group streptococci, we retrospectively examined 50 viridans group streptococcal isolates recovered from patients with infective endocarditis over 3 decades. Resistance rates (percent resistant isolates 1971 to 1986 and 1994 to 2002) were as follows: levofloxacin, 0 and 9; penicillin and clindamycin, 0 and 4; and erythromycin and azithromycin, 11 and 26, respectively.

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
  • Drug Resistance, Microbial
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / microbiology*
  • Humans
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Population Surveillance
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Vancomycin Resistance
  • Viridans Streptococci / drug effects*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents