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Table 4 Antibacterial activity against 103 Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates with combined macrolide and penicillin resistance

From: Antibiotic activity of telithromycin and comparators against bacterial pathogens isolated from 3,043 patients with acute exacerbation of chronic bronchitis

Antibacterial

% susceptible

% intermediate

% resistant

Telithromycin

99.0

1.0

0.0

Azithromycin

0

0

100

Clarithromycin

0

0

100

Erythromycin

0

0

100

Penicillin

0

0

100

Amoxycillin

0

0

100

Amoxycillin-clavulanate

72.8

13.6

13.6

Cefuroxime

1.0

1.0

98.0

Trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole

19.4

16.5

64.1

Tetracycline

11.7

0.0

88.3

Levofloxacin

98.1

0.0

1.9