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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, May 2005, p. 2497-2499, Vol. 43, No. 5
0095-1137/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.43.5.2497-2499.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Erythromycin-Resistant Group A Streptococcal Isolates Collected between 2000 and 2005 in Oahu, Hawaii, and Their emm Types

Guliz Erdem,1* Jacqueline Ford,2 Dwight Johnson,3 Lucienne Abe,2 Karen Yamaga,2 and Edward Kaplan3

Department of Pediatrics, University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine, Honolulu, Hawaii,1 Department of Tropical Medicine and Microbiology, University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine, Honolulu, Hawaii,2 World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Reference and Research on Streptococci, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota3

Received 11 January 2005/ Accepted 19 January 2005

We examined erythromycin and clindamycin susceptibilities with Etest methodology among 546 group A streptococcal isolates collected in Hawaii between February 2000 and November 2004. Erythromycin resistance was low (3.1%). No isolate was clindamycin resistant. The prevalence of erythromycin resistance in group A streptococci remains low in Hawaii.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine, 1319 Punahou Street, Room 755, Honolulu, HI 96826. Phone: (808) 983-8387. Fax: (808) 945-1570. E-mail: guliz{at}hawaii.edu.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, May 2005, p. 2497-2499, Vol. 43, No. 5
0095-1137/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.43.5.2497-2499.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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