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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, March 2004, p. 1263-1264, Vol. 42, No. 3
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.3.1263-1264.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Resistance of Group B Streptococcus to Selected Antibiotics, Including Erythromycin and Clindamycin

Judith S. Heelan,1* Meredith E. Hasenbein,2 and Alexander J. McAdam2

Department of Microbiology, Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, Pawtucket, and Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island,1 Department of Laboratory Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts2

Received 31 July 2003/ Returned for modification 26 September 2003/ Accepted 11 November 2003

Resistance of group B streptococcus (GBS) to antibiotics, particularly erythromycin and clindamycin, was studied. Erythromycin resistance was present in 22% of GBS isolates, and these isolates were constitutively resistant, inducibly resistant, or sensitive to clindamycin. Erythromycin and clindamycin MICs were related to the presence of ermA, ermB, or mefA genes.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Microbiology, Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, 111 Brewster St., Pawtucket, RI 20860. Phone: (401) 729-2839. Fax: (401) 729-2990. E-mail: jheelan{at}mhri.org.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, March 2004, p. 1263-1264, Vol. 42, No. 3
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.3.1263-1264.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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