Erythromycin-resistant group a streptococcal isolates collected between 2000 and 2005 in Oahu, Hawaii, and their emm types.
We examined erythromycin and clindamycin susceptibilities with Etest methodology among 546 group A streptococcal isolates collected in Hawaii between February 2000 and November 2004. Erythromycin resistance was low (3.1%). No isolate was clindamycin resistant. The prevalence of erythromycin resistance in group A streptococci remains low in Hawaii.
Erdem
Guliz
G
Department of Pediatrics, University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine, 1319 Punahou Street, Room 755, Honolulu, HI 96826, USA. guliz@hawaii.edu
Ford
Jacqueline
J
Johnson
Dwight
D
Abe
Lucienne
L
Yamaga
Karen
K
Kaplan
Edward
E
D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D004917:Erythromycin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006254:Hawaii / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology; D013291:Streptococcus / Q000145:classification / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification
D004917:Erythromycin