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Table 3 Key example of regional variation in in vitro antibiotic activity

From: Activity of telithromycin and comparators against bacterial pathogens isolated from 1,336 patients with clinically diagnosed acute sinusitis

 

Streptococcus pneumoniae

 

Haemophilus influenzae

REGION1

N

Penicillin susceptible

Erythromycin susceptible

N

Beta-lactamase positive

Eastern Europe

40

70.0%

82.5%

13

0.0%

Far East

185

24.9%

15.7%

96

13.5%

Latin America

108

63.0%

73.1%

31

6.5%

South Africa

61

37.7%

59.0%

34

2.9%

Western Europe

246

83.7%

73.6%

153

11.8%

Grand Total

640

58.0%

55.9%

329

10.3%

  1. 1Australasia and North America not included due to insufficient data
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Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials

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