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Table 2 Antimicrobial susceptibility of S. pneumoniae isolated from children with AOM

From: Etiology of acute otitis media and phenotypic-molecular characterization of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolated from children in Liuzhou, China

Antibiotic

Susceptible n (%)

Intermediate n (%)

Resistant n(%)

MIC50 (μg/mL)

MIC90 (μg/mL)

Penicillin Parenterala

36 (97.3)

1 (2.7)

0 (0.0)

0.15

1

Penicillin Oral

5 (13.5)

22 (59.5)

10 (27.0)

0.15

1

Vancomycin

37 (100.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0.5

0.5

Erythromycin

0 (0.0)

1 (2.7)

36 (97.3)

1

2

Levofloxacin

36 (97.3)

1 (2.7)

0 (0.0)

0.5

1

Tetracycline

1 (2.7)

0 (0.0)

36 (97.3)

4

16

Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole

6 (16.2)

3 (8.1)

28 (75.7)

0.5/0.95

0.5/0.95

Linezolid

37 (100.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0.5

0.5

Chloramphenicol

34 (91.9)

0 (0.0)

3 (8.1)

2

4

Cefotaximea

31 (83.8)

4 (10.8)

2 (5.4)

1

2

  1. AOM, acute otitis media
  2. a2016 CLSI breakpoints were considered for nonmeningitis