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Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, November 2004, p. 4444-4446, Vol. 48, No. 11
0066-4804/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/AAC.48.11.4444-4446.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Antibiotic Susceptibility in Neonatal Invasive Isolates of Streptococcus agalactiae in a 2-Year Nationwide Surveillance Study in Germany

Kirsten Fluegge,1 Sven Supper,1 Anette Siedler,2 and Reinhard Berner1*

Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg,1 Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany2

Received 8 January 2004/ Returned for modification 25 May 2004/ Accepted 20 July 2004

The antimicrobial susceptibility of 296 invasive neonatal group B streptococcus isolates from a nationwide 2-year surveillance study in Germany was investigated. All isolates were susceptible to beta-lactams, linezolid, quinupristin-dalfopristin, and vancomycin. Erythromycin and clindamycin resistance was found in 10.1 and 5.7%, respectively. The ermB, ermTR, or mefA gene was detected in all but one of the erythromycin-resistant isolates.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University Hospital Freiburg, Mathildenstrasse 1, 79106 Freiburg, Germany. Phone: 49-761-270-4519. Fax: 49-761-270-4598. E-mail: berner{at}kikli.ukl.uni-freiburg.de.

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, November 2004, p. 4444-4446, Vol. 48, No. 11
0066-4804/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/AAC.48.11.4444-4446.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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