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Prevalence of serotype 19A Streptococcus pneumoniae among isolates from U.S. children in 2005-2006 and activity of faropenem.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Jul 2008
Critchley Ian A, Jacobs Michael R, Brown Steven D, Traczewski Maria M, Tillotson Glenn S, Janjic Nebojsa
Abstract excerpt
Of 393 isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae from U.S. children collected in 2005-2006, nonvaccine serotypes accounted for 89.1%, with serotype 19A the most prevalent, representing 30.5% of all isolates. The MIC(90) of faropenem against serotype 19A isolates was 1 mug/ml, compared to > or =8 microg/ml against amoxicillin/clavulanate, cefdinir, cefuroxime axetil, and azithromycin.
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