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Antibiotic resistance of clinical isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Greece.

Laboratory of Clinical Microbiology, Chest Hospital, Athens, Greece.

ABSTRACT

The antibiotic susceptibilities of 1,002 Streptococcus pneumoniae clinical isolates from patients with community-acquired pneumonia were determined over an 18-month period. Resistance rates were 14% for penicillin, 20% for erythromycin, 26% for tetracycline, and 1% for chloramphenicol. Resistance to non-beta-lactam antibiotics was associated with penicillin resistance at statistically levels.

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