TABLE 2.

Rates of reduced penicillin susceptibility among pneumococci by major presenting syndromes, Canadian Paediatric Society/Laboratory Centre for Disease Control Immunization Monitoring Program, Active (IMPACT) centres, 1991 to 1998

Penicillin susceptibility*	Bacteremia alone (%)	Meningitis (%)	Pneumonia with bacteremia (%)
Intermediate	30 (4.0)	23 (8.4)	19 (5.3)
Highly resistant	7 (1.0)†	3 (1.1)‡	17 (4.7)†,‡
Reduced	37 (5.0)§,¶	26 (9.5)§	36 (10.0)¶
Total	739 (100)	275 (100)	361 (100)

^*See text for definitions;

^†Paired comparions, P<0.01, χ² test

^‡Paired comparions, P<0.01, χ² test

^§Paired comparions, P<0.01, χ² test

^¶Paired comparions, P<0.01, χ² test