title: Is there an ecological relationship between rates of antibiotic resistance of species of the genus Streptococcus? The Spanish Surveillance Group for Respiratory Pathogens.
abstract: The relationship between resistance to antibiotics on the part of Streptococcus pneumoniae and Streptococcus pyogenes was studied by comparing different prevalences of resistance among hospitals obtained from a recent microbiological surveillance of community-acquired respiratory tract infections. A high correlation for erythromycin resistance was found between S. pneumoniae isolates from lower respiratory tract infections and S. pyogenes isolates collected from pharyngeal swabs.
authors.affiliation: Microbiology Department, University Hospital, Zaragoza, Spain.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gómez-Lus
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Granizo
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Aguilar
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bouza
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gutierrez
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: García-de-Lomas
mesh_terms: D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D004463:Ecology; D004917:Erythromycin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae / Q000187:drug effects*; D013297:Streptococcus pyogenes / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D004917:Erythromycin