TABLE 3.
Secular trend of ciprofloxacin and levofloxacin susceptibility among clinical S. pneumoniae isolates in Taiwan from 1996 to 2001
| Year | No. of isolates tested | No. (%) of isolates for which:
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|---|---|---|---|
| Ciprofloxacin MICs were ≥4 μg/ml | Levofloxacin MICs were ≥8 μg/ml | ||
| 1996-1997 | 200 | 1 (0.5) | —a |
| 1998-1999 | 276 | 1 (0.4) | 1 (0.4) |
| 2000 | 206 | 1 (0.5) | 1 (0.5) |
| 2001 | 730 | 5 (0.7) | 4 (0.6) |
—, data not available.