title: Macrolide and clindamycin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus isolates and antibiotic use in a Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
abstract: A retrospective analysis of 13,946 Staphylococcus aureus isolates revealed a stable incidence of isolates that were resistant to both clindamycin and erythromycin, but a significantly increasing incidence of isolates that were susceptible to clindamycin and resistant to erythromycin during 1991-1995, 1996-2000, and 2001-2005. The use of macrolides and clindamycin also increased during 1996-2005. The incidence of S. aureus isolates with inducible clindamycin resistance increased steadily and significantly during the period from August 2004 through December 2005.
authors.affiliation: Infectious Diseases Section, Medical Service, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Washington, DC 20422, USA.
authors.forename: Rohit
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Modak
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ross
authors.forename: Virginia L
authors.initials: VL
authors.lastname: Kan
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D002981:Clindamycin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; D006801:Humans; D018942:Macrolides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000145:classification / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D018942:Macrolides; D002981:Clindamycin