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Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (2000) 45, 710-711
© 2000 The British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

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Penicillin resistance in pneumococci

David Felminghama,*, Yese Tesfaslasiea, Carol Burleyb and Robert G. Mastertonc

a GR Micro Ltd, 7–9 William Road, London NW1 3ER; b Hoechst Marion Roussel, Broadwater Park, Denham, Uxbridge UB9 5HP; c Department of Clinical Microbiology, Western General Hospital, Crewe Road, Edinburgh EH4 2XU, UK

Sir,

We read with interest the recent leading article by Legg & Bint1 but cannot agree with all of the authors' conclusions. During the 1997–1998 winter season, an antimicrobial susceptibility surveillance study of community-acquired lower respiratory tract isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae was conducted. The isolates were collected from 27 centres in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. All isolates were sent to a central testing laboratory (GR Micro Ltd, London, UK) where their identity . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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