TABLE 2.
Serotypes of S. pneumoniae in relation to penicillin and macrolide susceptibilitya (197 isolates)
| Serotype and macrolide phenotype | No. of isolates with the following penicillin susceptibility:
|
|
|---|---|---|
| S | I or R | |
| 23F | ||
| S | 3 | 9 |
| RMLSB | 3 | 5 |
| RM | 2 | 64 |
| 19F | ||
| S | 1 | 0 |
| RMLSB | 0 | 3 |
| RM | 0 | 39 |
| 6B | ||
| S | 1 | 3 |
| RMLSB | 0 | 23 |
| RM | 2 | 3 |
| 14 | ||
| S | 0 | 0 |
| RMLSB | 3 | 2 |
| RM | 2 | 3 |
| Other | ||
| S | 21 | 1 |
| RMLSB | 4 | 0 |
| RM | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 42 | 155 |
a
S, sensitive; I, intermediate; R, resistant; MLSB, macrolide and lincosamide resistance phenotype; M, erythromycin-resistant, clindamycin-susceptible phenotype.