Frequency of antibiotic resistance among group B Streptococcus isolated from healthy college students.
We report resistant rates to erythromycin and clindamycin among Streptococcus agalactiae (group B Streptococcus) isolated from a random sample of healthy male and nonpregnant female college students. Observed resistance rates were twice as high as those reported among pregnant women from the same geographic area 2 years prior.
Manning
S D
SD
Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Pearlman
M D
MD
Tallman
P
P
Pierson
C L
CL
Foxman
B
B
D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002353:Carrier State; D002981:Clindamycin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004351:Drug Resistance; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial / Q000502:physiology*; D004917:Erythromycin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D005787:Gene Frequency; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D011247:Pregnancy; D013292:Streptococcus agalactiae / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D014556:Urine / Q000382:microbiology
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D002981:Clindamycin; D004917:Erythromycin