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Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, January 2007, p. 386-389, Vol. 51, No. 1
0066-4804/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AAC.01016-06
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Quinupristin-Dalfopristin Nonsusceptibility in Pneumococci from Sickle Cell Disease Patients{triangledown}

Caroline A. Obert,1,{dagger} Martha L. Miller,1,{dagger},{ddagger} Jeremy Montgomery,1,§ Thomas Adamkiewicz,2 and Elaine I. Tuomanen1*

Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 332 North Lauderdale, Memphis, Tennessee 38105,1 Department of Family Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine, 1513 E. Cleveland, No. 100, East Point, Georgia 303442

Received 14 August 2006/ Returned for modification 11 September 2006/ Accepted 16 October 2006

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a risk factor for fatal pneumococcal infection. Nonsusceptibilty to quinupristin-dalfopristin (Q-D) was absent from 105 non-SCD-associated pneumococcal isolates but was present in 33/148 (22%) SCD-associated isolates. One-third of the isolates harbored a known resistance mechanism. Q-D is not optimal for use for the treatment of pneumococcal infection in SCD patients.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 332 North Lauderdale St., Memphis, TN 38105-2794. Phone: (901) 495-3486. Fax: (901) 495-3099. E-mail: elaine.tuomanen{at}stjude.org.

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 23 October 2006.

{dagger} These two authors contributed equally to this project.

{ddagger} Present address: Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, The University of New Mexico, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131.

§ Present address: Middle Tennessee State University, 1301 East Main Street, Murfreesboro, TN 37132.

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, January 2007, p. 386-389, Vol. 51, No. 1
0066-4804/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AAC.01016-06
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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