Figure 1

Geographic distribution of rates of penicillin and erythromycin nonsusceptibility in Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates (n = 39 495) collected during the 4 years of the PROTEKT US study (2000–2004). North-central: Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin; Northeast: Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont; Northwest: Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming; South-central: Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas; Southeast: Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia; Southwest: Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah. Ery^I, erythromycin intermediate; Ery^R, erythromycin resistant; Pen^I, penicillin intermediate; Pen^R, penicillin resistant.