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Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, October 2004, p. 4040-4041, Vol. 48, No. 10
0066-4804/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/AAC.48.10.4040-4041.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Resistance Phenotypes and Genotypes of Erythromycin-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae Isolates in Beijing and Shenyang, China

Zhao Tiemei, Fang Xiangqun, and Liu Youning*

Department of Respiratory Diseases, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, People's Republic of China

Received 1 February 2004/ Returned for modification 13 April 2004/ Accepted 21 June 2004

Of a total of 192 Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates, 149 (77.6%) were not susceptible to erythromycin. Of these 149 isolates, 117 (79.1%) contained the erm(B) gene, 16 (10.8%) contained the mef(A) gene, and 15 (10.1%) harbored both the erm(B) and mef(A) genes.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Respiratory Diseases, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, People's Republic of China. Phone: 86 10 6693936. Fax: 86 10 66939366. E-mail: liuyn{at}301hospital.com.cn.

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, October 2004, p. 4040-4041, Vol. 48, No. 10
0066-4804/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/AAC.48.10.4040-4041.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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