TABLE 1.

In vitro activities of eight antimicrobial agents against 186 S. pneumoniae isolates

Antibiotic	MIC (μg/ml)a
	Range	50%	90%
Penicillin G	0.125-4	1	2
Amoxicillin	≤0.032-8	1	2
Ceftriaxone	≤0.032-2	0.5	1
Cefpodoxime	≤0.032-16	2	2
Erythromycin	0.016->128	8	>128
Azithromycin	0.064->128	>128	>128
Josamycin	0.032->128	8	>128
Telithromycin	≤0.008-2	0.032	0.25

^a50% and 90%, MICs at which 50 and 90% of isolates are inhibited, respectively.