title: Antimicrobial resistance of clinical isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Lebanon.
abstract: A total of 61 clinical isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae from Lebanon were tested for their susceptibility to penicillin G and seven other antibiotics by the agar dilution technique. All penicillin-susceptible isolates were also susceptible to chloramphenicol, ceftriaxone and erythromycin. Penicillin-resistant isolates were consistently susceptible only to erythromycin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Lebanon.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Uwaydah
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jradeh
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Shihab
mesh_terms: D000658:Amoxicillin / Q000494:pharmacology; D002433:Cefaclor / Q000494:pharmacology; D002443:Ceftriaxone / Q000494:pharmacology; D002701:Chloramphenicol / Q000494:pharmacology; D019818:Clavulanic Acid; D002969:Clavulanic Acids / Q000494:pharmacology; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination / Q000494:pharmacology; D004917:Erythromycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D007861:Lebanon; D010400:Penicillin G / Q000494:pharmacology; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae / Q000187:drug effects*; D013752:Tetracycline / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D002969:Clavulanic Acids; D019818:Clavulanic Acid; D004917:Erythromycin; D002701:Chloramphenicol; D002433:Cefaclor; D002443:Ceftriaxone; D000658:Amoxicillin; D013752:Tetracycline; D010400:Penicillin G