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15760434

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-3-11
pubmed:abstractText
Group A streptococci (GAS) (n = 1313) isolated from patients with clinical symptoms of pharyngitis or tonsillitis attending a tertiary care hospital in southern India during 1986-2002 were tested for susceptibility to penicillin and erythromycin. The overall erythromycin resistance rate was 2.7% (n = 36). During 1986-1993, erythromycin resistance was observed in only one (2%) isolate in 1987, but reappeared in 1994 (2.7%), increased to 5.8% in 1999, and reached a maximum frequency of 13.8% in 2002. All isolates were susceptible to penicillin. The data indicate the need for continued surveillance of susceptibility patterns among GAS isolates in order to monitor the development of antibiotic resistance.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
1198-743X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
11
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
335-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Increasing erythromycin resistance among group A streptococci causing tonsillitis in a tertiary care hospital in southern India.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Microbiology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India. knb1948@hotmail.com
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study