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Prevalence of antimicrobial resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae circulating in Italy: results of the Italian Epidemiological Observatory Survey (1997-1999).
Microbial drug resistance (Larchmont, N.Y.) - 1 Jan 2001
Marchese A, Mannelli S, Tonoli E, Gorlero F, Toni M, Schito G C
Abstract excerpt
The Italian Epidemiological Observatory (IEO), a surveillance program supported by the SmithKline Foundation, analyzed the susceptibility of 2,664 community-acquired respiratory Streptococcus pneumoniae derived from over 50 clinical microbiology laboratories during 1997-1999, against 21 antibiotics adopting a quantitative methodology. Throughout these years, total penicillin resistance varied from 14.3% to 10.2%....
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