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Office of Infectious Disease Services

 Arizona Department of Health Services

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Antibiotic Susceptibility Patterns among Reported 
Invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae Isolates
Arizona, 2001*
Before proceeding to the table, the following items should be noted.
 
*756 reported cases of invasive pneumococcal disease with onset or diagnosis in 2001.
 
The text of the table follows.

Antibiotic Penicillin, Number of Isolates Tested 532, Susceptible [n (%)] 396 (74), Intermediate [n(%)] 85 (16), Resistant [n(%)] 51 (10)
Antibiotic Ceftriaxone, Number of Isolates Tested 378, Susceptible [n (%)] 357 (94), Intermediate [n(%)] 16 (4), Resistant [n(%)] 5 (1)
Antibiotic Vancomycin, Number of Isolates Tested 405, Susceptible [n (%)] 405 (100), Intermediate [n(%)] 0, Resistant [n(%)] 0
Antibiotic Erythromycin, Number of Isolates Tested 358, Susceptible [n (%)] 286 (80), Intermediate [n(%)] 5 (1), Resistant [n(%)] 67 (19)
Antibiotic Clindamycin, Number of Isolates Tested 152, Susceptible [n (%)] 137 (90), Intermediate [n(%)] 1 (1), Resistant [n(%)] 14 (9)
Antibiotic Levofloxacin, Number of Isolates Tested 240, Susceptible [n (%)] 236 (98), Intermediate [n(%)] 2 (1), Resistant [n(%)] 2 (1)

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