Comparison of Etest to broth microdilution method for testing Streptococcus pneumoniae susceptibility to levofloxacin and three macrolides

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2413-2415

  Gerardo, Sharon Hunt ^a   Citron, Diane M ^a   Claros, Marina C ^a,b   Goldstein, Ellie J C ^a,c  

^a Santa Monica UCLA Medical Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLARITHROMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN G; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0029845712     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.40.10.2413     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. Applebaum, P. C. 1992. Antimicrobial resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae: an overview. Clin. Infect. Dis. 15:77-83.
2. Barry, A. L., and P. C. Fuchs. 1991. In-vitro potency of azithromycin against gram-negative bacilli is method-dependent. J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 28(4):607-610.
3. Breiman, R. F., J. C. Butler, F. C. Tenover, J. A. Elliot, and R. R. Facklam. 1994. Emergence of drug resistant pneumococcal infections in the United States. JAMA 271:1831-1835.
4. Doern, G. V., A. Brueggemann, H. P. Holley, Jr., and A. M. Rauch. 1996. Antimicrobial resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae recovered from out-patients in the United States during the winter months of 1994 to 1995: results of a 30-center national surveillance study. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 40:1208-1213.
5. Goldstein, E. J. C., and V. L. Sutter. 1983. Effect of carbon dioxide on erythromycin. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 23:325-327.
6. Jacobs, M. R., S. Bajaksouzian, P. C. Appelbaum, and A. Bolmström. 1992. Evaluation of the E-test for susceptibility testing of pneumococci. Diagn. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 15:473-478.
7. Jorgensen, J. H., M. J. Ferraro, M. L. McElmeel, J. Spargo, J. M. Swenson, and F. C. Tenover. 1994. Detection of penicillin and extended-spectrum cephalosporin resistance among Streptococcus pneumoniae clinical isolates by use of the E test. J. Clin. Microbiol. 32:159-163.
8. Kiska, D. L., A. Ker, M. C. Jones, N. N. Chazotte, B. Eskridge, S. Miller, M. Jordan, C. Sheaffer, and P. H. Gilligan. 1995. Comparison of antimicrobial susceptibility methods for detection of penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae. J. Clin. Microbiol. 33:229-232.
9. Klugman, K. P. 1990. Pneumococcal resistance to antibiotics. Clin. Microbiol. Rev. 3:171-196.
10. National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards. 1993. Methods for dilution antimicrobial susceptibility tests for bacteria that grow aerobically, 3rd ed. Approved standard. National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards publication no. M7-A3, vol. 13, no. 25. National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards, Villanova, Pa.
11. National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards. 1994. Development of in vitro susceptibility testing criteria and quality control parameters. Approved guideline. National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards publication no. M23-A, vol. 14, no. 9. National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards, Villanova, Pa.
12. National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards. 1995. Performance standards for antimicrobial susceptibility testing. Sixth informational supplement, December 1995. National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards publication no. M100-S6, vol. 15. no. 14. National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards, Villanova, Pa.
13. Neu, H. C., and N.-X. Chin. 1989. In vitro activity of S-ofloxacin. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 33:1105-1107.
14. Retsema, J. A., L. A. Brennan, and A. E. Girard. 1991. Effects of environmental factors on the in vitro potency of azithromycin. Eur. J. Clin. Infect. Dis. 10:834-842.
15. Spangler, S. K., M. R. Jacobs, and P. C. Applebaum. 1992. Susceptibilities of penicillin-susceptible and -resistant strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae to RP 59500, vancomycin, erythromycin, PD 131628, sparfloxacin, temafloxacin, Win 57273, ofloxacin, and ciprofloxacin. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 36:856-859.
16. Spangler, S. K., M. R. Jacobs, and P. C. Applebaum. 1993. Comparative activity of the new flouroquinolone Bay y3118 against 177 penicillin-susceptible and -resistant pneumococci. Eur. J. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 12:965-967.
17. Spika, J. S., R. R. Facklam, B. D. Plikaylis, M. J. Oxtoby, and the Pneumococcal Surveillance Working Group. 1991. Antimicrobial resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae in the United States, 1979-1987. J. Infect. Dis. 163:1273-1278.
18. Une, T., T. Fujkimoto, K. Sato, and Y. Osada. 1988. In vitro activity of DR-3355, an optically active ofloxacin. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 32:1336-1340.