title: Methods for predicting susceptibility of Streptococcus pneumoniae to cefixime.
abstract: Among 698 Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates, 475 were penicillin susceptible and > 99% of those were susceptible to 0.5 microgram of cefixime per ml; other pneumococci were tentatively assumed to be resistant to cefixime. A 1-microgram oxacillin disk was more reliable than a 5-micrograms cefixime disk for predicting susceptibility to cefixime.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Microbiology Institute, Tualatin, Oregon 97062, USA.
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Barry
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Fuchs
mesh_terms: D020682:Cefixime; D002439:Cefotaxime / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests / Q000379:methods*; D010403:Penicillin Resistance; D011008:Pneumococcal Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D020682:Cefixime; D002439:Cefotaxime