Prevalence of macrolide resistance and in vitro activities of six antimicrobial agents against clinical isolates of streptococcus pneumoniae from a multi-center surveillance in Malaysia

• Main Authors: Jeevajothi Nathan, Jayakayatri, Mohd Taib, Niazlin, Mohd Desa, Mohd Nasir, Masri, Siti Norbaya, Md Yasin, Rohani, Jamal, Farida Fatema @ Farida, Sagineedu, Sreenivasa Rao, Karunanidhi, Arunkumar
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Malaysian Medical Association 2013
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/29765/1/Prevalence%20of%20macrolide%20resistance%20and%20in%20vitro%20activities%20of%20six%20antimicrobial%20agents%20against%20clinical%20isolates%20of%20streptococcus%20pneumoniae%20from%20a%20multi.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/29765/; http://www.e-mjm.org/2013/v68n2/index.html
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

The in vitro activities of 6 antimicrobial agents against clinical isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococci) were investigated and the erythromycin minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) were correlated with the two major macrolide resistance determinants, mef(A) and erm(B). MICs of commo...