Volume 17, Number 1—January 2011
Dispatch
Streptococcus pneumoniae in Urinary Tracts of Children with Chronic Kidney Disease
Irene Burckhardt
and Stefan Zimmermann
and Stefan Zimmermann
Table 1
Characteristics of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates in 3 children with chronic kidney disease, Germany, 2005–2010*
| Characteristic | Case 1 | Case 2 | Case 3 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sample | Blood | Urine | Urine | Urine | ||||||
| Serotype |
15B |
15B |
34 |
19F |
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| Optochin | S | S | S | S | ||||||
| Bile solubility | Positive | Positive | Positive | Positive | ||||||
| Oxacillin, 1 µg |
S |
S |
S |
S |
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| Penicillin | <0.03 | S | <0.03 | S | <0.03 | S | 0.06 | S | ||
| Amoxicillin | <0.25 | S | <0.25 | S | <0.25 | S | <0.25 | S | ||
| Cefotaxime | <0.5 | S | <0.5 | S | <0.5 | S | <0.5 | S | ||
| Erythromycin | <0.06 | S | <0.06 | S | <0.06 | S | >4.0 | R | ||
| Clindamycin | 0.06 | S | 0.06 | S | 0.06 | S | >2 | R | ||
| Tetracycline | <0.5 | S | <0.5 | S | <0.5 | S | >8 | R | ||
| Levofloxacin | 1 | S | 1 | S | <0.5 | S | 1.0 | S | ||
| Meropenem | <0.125 | S | <0.125 | S | <0.125 | S | <0.125 | S | ||
| Vancomycin | <0.5 | S | <0.5 | S | <0.5 | S | <0.5 | S | ||
| Linezolid | <1 | S | <1 | S | <1 | S | <1 | S | ||
| Moxifloxacin | <0.25 | S | <0.25 | S | <0.25 | S | <0.25 | S | ||
| Cotrimoxazol | 1/19 | I | 1/19 | I | ≤0.5/9.5 | S | <0.5/9.5 | S | ||
*Values are MICs (mg/mL). S, susceptible; R, resistant; I, intermediate.
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