TABLE 2.
Regional SXT resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae (1998-2004)
| Central hospital district | No. of isolates (% resistant)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | |
| Varsinais-Suomi | 194 (25.8) | 250 (30.0) | 138 (11.6) | 269 (18.6) | 239 (18.9) | 241 (19.1) | |
| Satakunta | 221 (15.0) | 139 (15.8) | 111 (15.3) | 117 (21.4) | 126 (19.0) | 137 (16.8) | 120 (25.8) |
| Kanta-Häme | 116 (15.5) | 72 (29.2) | 93 (23.7) | 79 (19.0) | 73 (16.4) | 98 (9.2) | 103 (12.6) |
| Pirkanmaa | 356 (17.4) | 349 (18.1) | 380 (21.1) | 320 (20.9) | 289 (18.0) | 275 (17.1) | 336 (18.8) |
| Päijät-Häme | 52 (5.8) | 82 (14.6) | 159 (13.2) | 183 (9.8) | 112 (9.8) | 116 (12.9) | 64 (23.4) |
| Kymenlaakso | 121 (45.0) | 134 (16.4) | 96 (11.5) | 110 (7.3) | 74 (13.5) | 70 (12.9) | 59 (18.6) |
| Etelä-Karjala | 88 (15.9) | 101 (17.8) | 96 (12.5) | 95 (17.9) | |||
| Etelä-Savo | 140 (11.0) | 207 (14.0) | 118 (16.1) | 115 (5.2) | 92 (22.8) | 99 (11.1) | 83 (16.9) |
| Itä-Savo | 70 (35.7) | 55 (12.7) | 40 (10.0) | 48 (4.2) | 42 (9.5) | ||
| Pohjois-Karjala | 210 (10.0) | 199 (13.6) | 179 (19.6) | 167 (15.6) | 103 (6.8) | 127 (9.4) | 102 (11.8) |
| Pohjois-Savo | 40 (25.0) | 108 (16.0) | 336 (13.1) | 337 (12.8) | 281 (10.3) | 363 (14.6) | 258 (17.4) |
| Keski-Suomi | 150 (14.7) | 151 (13.9) | 119 (11.8) | ||||
| Etelä-Pohjanmaa | |||||||
| Vaasa | 89 (15.7) | 132 (10.6) | 141 (4.3) | 113 (9.7) | 83 (14.5) | ||
| Keski-Pohjanmaa | 9 (0) | ||||||
| Pohjois-Pohjanmaa | 789 (17.0) | 1,000 (16.0) | 754 (13.9) | 529 (16.3) | 479 (23.4) | ||
| Kainuu | |||||||
| Länsi-Pohja | 48 (12.5) | ||||||
| Lappi | 29 (24.1) | 24 (25) | |||||
| Ahvenanmaa | |||||||
| Helsinki and Uusimaa | 672 (16.2) | 1,067 (26.1) | 645 (15.5) | 1,397 (16.3) | 1,075 (13.7) | 1,501 (19.3) | 1,562 (20.5) |