title: Erythromycin-resistant group a streptococcal isolates collected between 2000 and 2005 in Oahu, Hawaii, and their emm types.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine, 1319 Punahou Street, Room 755, Honolulu, HI 96826, USA. guliz@hawaii.edu
authors.forename: Guliz
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Erdem
authors.forename: Jacqueline
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ford
authors.forename: Dwight
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: Lucienne
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Abe
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamaga
authors.forename: Edward
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kaplan
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D004917:Erythromycin