Canadian national survey of prevalence of antimicrobial resistance among clinical isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae. Canadian Bacterial Surveillance Network.
1996 ◽
Vol 40
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pp. 2190-2193
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Keyword(s):
The antimicrobial susceptibilities of 1,089 clinical isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae obtained from 39 laboratories across Canada between October 1994 and August 1995 were determined. A total of 91 isolates (8.4%) demonstrated intermediate resistance (MIC, 0.1 to 1.0 microgram/ml) and 36 (3.3%) had high-level resistance (MIC, > or = 2.0 micrograms/ml) to penicillin. Penicillin-resistant strains were more likely to have been recovered from normally sterile sites (P = 0.005) and to be cross-resistant to several beta-lactam and non-beta-lactam antimicrobial agents (P < 0.05). These results indicate that there has been a recent significant increase in the prevalence of antibiotic-resistant S. pneumoniae in Canada.
2003 ◽
Vol 47
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pp. 1419-1422
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2003 ◽
Vol 47
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pp. 1867-1874
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2001 ◽
Vol 45
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pp. 1721-1729
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1998 ◽
Vol 42
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pp. 2193-2196
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2001 ◽
Vol 45
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pp. 3517-3523
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2002 ◽
Vol 46
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pp. 1295-1301
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1996 ◽
Vol 40
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pp. 829-834
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1999 ◽
Vol 43
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pp. 329-334
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1996 ◽
Vol 40
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pp. 1208-1213
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1996 ◽
Vol 40
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pp. 2760-2764
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