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Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, February 2005, p. 820-823, Vol. 49, No. 2
0066-4804/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AAC.49.2.820-823.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

In Vitro Activity of Telithromycin against Viridans Group Streptococci and Streptococcus bovis Isolated from Blood: Antimicrobial Susceptibility Patterns in Different Groups of Species

Iciar Rodríguez-Avial,^* Carmen Rodríguez-Avial, Esther Culebras, and Juan J. Picazo

Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain

Received 12 August 2004/ Returned for modification 7 September 2004/ Accepted 4 October 2004

The in vitro activities of penicillin, erythromycin, clindamycin, and telithromycin were determined against 155 viridans group streptococci (VGS) and 18 Streptococcus bovis blood isolates. Heterogeneity in the susceptibility patterns and macrolide resistance phenotypes and genotypes in the different groups of VGS was detected. We found seven telithromycin-resistant S. bovis isolates all harboring the erm(B) gene.

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* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Servicio de Microbiología Clínica, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Plaza de Cristo Rey s/n, 28040 Madrid, Spain. Phone: 34 91-3303486. Fax: 34 91-3303478. E-mail: iciaravial{at}hotmail.com.

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Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, February 2005, p. 820-823, Vol. 49, No. 2
0066-4804/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AAC.49.2.820-823.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

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