title: In vitro activity of ABT-773, telithromycin and eight other antimicrobials against erythromycin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae respiratory isolates of children.
abstract: The activity of the ketolide ABT-773 against 180 erythromycin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae obtained from children was compared with telithromycin, azithromycin, clarithromyin, roxithromycin, clindamycin, penicillin, levofloxacin and gatifloxacin. Ketolide MICs were all < or =1 mg/l, with ABT-773 being the most potent of all drugs tested. MIC(90)s for macrolides and azithromycin in mefE+ isolates were 16-32 compared with >128 mg/l for ermB+ isolates. ABT-773 and telithromycin MIC(90)s for mefE+ isolates were 0.125 and 0.5, compared with 0.032 and 0.016 mg/l for ermB+ isolates and 0.5 and 1 mg/l, respectively, for isolates containing both genes. Clindamycin was active against mefE+ but not ermB+ isolates. 155 isolates were resistant to penicillin. All fluoroquinolone MICs were < 1 mg/l. Further studies of ketolides for treatment of paediatric S. pneumoniae infections are warranted.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 619 19th Street South, Birmingham, AL 35249, USA.
authors.forename: C N
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Benjamin
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Gray
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Crain
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Edwards
authors.forename: K B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Waites
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D002648:Child; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004351:Drug Resistance; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; D004917:Erythromycin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D024841:Fluoroquinolones; D006801:Humans; D048628:Ketolides; D018942:Macrolides; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D024841:Fluoroquinolones; D048628:Ketolides; D018942:Macrolides; D004917:Erythromycin; C405499:cethromycin; C106791:telithromycin