Microbiologia Medica (Jun 2008)

Isolation of different erythromycin-resistance Streptococcus pneumoniae phenotypes in Piemonte Region

  • Valeria Allizond,
  • Giuliana Banche,
  • Janira Roana,
  • Nicolò Li Vigni,
  • Narcisa Mandras,
  • Daniela Scalas,
  • Vivian Tullio,
  • Nicola A. Carlone,
  • Dianella Savoia,
  • Anna Barbui,
  • Anna Maria Cuffini

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2008.2583
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 23, no. 2

Abstract

Read online

The frequency of erythromycin resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates from human specimens, in different Piemonte Region hospitals between 2005-2007, has been studied. Erythromycin-susceptible isolates were 137/198 and erythromycin-resistant 61/198.Among resistant S. pneumoniae isolates 26/61 belonged to constitutive resistance phenotype, 26/61 to M phenotype and 9/61 to inducible resistance phenotype.

Keywords