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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, June 2004, p. 2777-2779, Vol. 42, No. 6
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.6.2777-2779.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Incidence of Constitutive and Inducible Clindamycin Resistance in Staphylococcus aureus and Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci in a Community and a Tertiary Care Hospital

Paul C. Schreckenberger,1* Elizabeth Ilendo,2 and Kathryn L. Ristow1

Microbiology Laboratory, University of Illinois Medical Center at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60612,1 Microbiology Laboratory, Elmhurst Memorial Hospital, Elmhurst, Illinois 601262

Received 24 November 2003/ Returned for modification 5 January 2004/ Accepted 10 March 2004

The incidences of inducible clindamycin resistance at two hospitals (an inner-city hospital and a suburban community hospital) were 7 and 12% for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, 20 and 19% for methicillin-susceptible S. aureus, and 14 and 35% for coagulase-negative staphylococci, respectively. Given the variability of inducible resistance to clindamycin found in our two hospitals, we conclude that susceptibility testing of staphylococci should include the disk diffusion induction test (D-test).

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: University of Illinois Medical Center at Chicago, Rm. 238 CSB, M/C 750, 840 S. Wood St., Chicago, IL 60612. Phone: (312) 996-3150. Fax: (312) 413-0156. E-mail: pschreck{at}uic.edu.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, June 2004, p. 2777-2779, Vol. 42, No. 6
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.6.2777-2779.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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