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Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, June 2008, p. 2266-2269, Vol. 52, No. 6
0066-4804/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AAC.00046-08
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Clonal Spread of Highly β-Lactam-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae Isolates in Taiwan{triangledown}

Yu-Chia Hsieh,1 Kuang-Yi Chang,2,3 Yi-Chuan Huang,4 Hsiao-Chuan Lin,5 Yu-Huai Ho,6 Li-Min Huang,7* and Po-Ren Hsueh8*

Section of Infection, Department of Medicine, Wan-Fang Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan,1 Division of Biostatistics, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan,2 Department of Anesthesiology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital and National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan,3 Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Kaohsiung Medical Center, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan,4 Department of Pediatrics, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan,5 Department of Pediatrics, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan,6 Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan,7 Departments of Laboratory Medicine and Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan8

Received 13 January 2008/ Returned for modification 10 February 2008/ Accepted 3 April 2008

This study aimed to evaluate the antimicrobial susceptibility profiles of 364 Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates and studied the genotypes of S. pneumoniae with high level β-lactam resistance in Taiwan. Clonal complexes related to Spain23F-1, Taiwan19F-14, and Taiwan23F-15 were responsible for the spread of isolates with high β-lactam resistance.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address for P.-R. Hsueh: No. 7, Chung-Shan South Road, Departments of Laboratory Medicine and Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei 100, Taiwan. Phone: 886-2-23123456, ext. 5355. Fax: 886-2-2322-4263. E-mail: hsporen{at}ntu.edu.tw. Mailing address for L.-M. Huang: No. 7, Chung-Shan South Road, Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan. Phone: 886-2-2397-0800, ext. 5139. Fax: 886-2-2393-4749. E-mail: lmhuang{at}ha.mc.ntu.edu.tw

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 14 April 2008.

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, June 2008, p. 2266-2269, Vol. 52, No. 6
0066-4804/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AAC.00046-08
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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