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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, March 2001, p. 1187-1189, Vol. 39, No. 3
0095-1137/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.3.1187-1189.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Antimicrobial Resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae Recovered from Outpatients with Respiratory Tract Infections in Germany from 1998 to 1999: Results of a National Surveillance Study

Ralf René Reinert,* Smiljana Simic, Adnan Al-Lahham, Susanne Reinert, Maria Lemperle, and Rudolf Lütticken

Institute of Medical Microbiology, National Reference Center for Streptococci, University Hospital, D-52057 Aachen, Germany1

Received 13 October 2000/Returned for modification 18 November 2000/Accepted 11 December 2000

Clinically significant pneumococcal isolates were prospectively collected from outpatients with respiratory tract infections by 19 different clinical microbiology laboratories in Germany. Resistance rates in a total of 961 isolates were as follows: penicillin, 6.6%; clarithromycin, 10.6%; tetracycline, 13.9%; and levofloxacin, 0.1%. Among 324 isolates from children, pneumococcal serotypes 19F (17.0%), 23F (13.0%), and 6B (11.7%) were the predominant types.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Institute for Medical Microbiology, National Reference Center for Streptococci, University Hospital, Pauwelsstr. 30, D-52057 Aachen, Germany. Phone: 49 241 8088409. Fax: 49 241 8888483. E-mail: Reinert{at}rwth-aachen.de.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, March 2001, p. 1187-1189, Vol. 39, No. 3
0095-1137/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.3.1187-1189.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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