Penicillin and Eritromycin Susceptibility of Group A Beta- Haemolytic Streptococci Isolated From Throat Cultures
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Barış Gülhan; Sevim Meşe; Heval Bilek; Arzu Onur; Şebnem Nergiz; Kadri Gül
- Source
- Dicle Medical Journal, Vol 35, Iss 1, Pp 34-37 (2008)
- Subject
- stomatognathic diseases
lcsh:R5-920
Antibiotic Susceptibility
lcsh:R
lcsh:Medicine
lcsh:Medicine (General)
Beta-Haemolytic Streptococci
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1308-9889
1300-2945
In this study we aimed to evaluate the antibiotic susceptibility of group A beta-haemolytic streptococcus isolated from throat cultures of the patients with diagnosis of acute tonsillopharyngitis. A total of 334 throat specimens collected between February 2006-June 2006 and 75 of them identified as group A beta-haemolytic streptococcus. The susceptibility of these isolates were inspected by Kirby-Bauer disk diffusion method.All the strains were susceptible to penicillin, but 8% resistance was detected to eritromycin.