Volume 10, Number 3, March 2004

Antibiotic Selection Pressure and Resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae and Streptococcus pyogenes

Werner C. Albrich,* Dominique L. Monnet,† and Stephan Harbarth‡
*Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; †Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark; and ‡University of Geneva Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland

Figure 2. A. Relationship between macrolide use in the outpatient setting (horizontal axis) and prevalence of macrolide-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae (vertical axis) in 16 industrialized countries. A regression line was fitted with 95% confidence bands (r = 0.88; p < 0.001). B. Relationship between macrolide use in the outpatient setting (horizontal axis) and prevalence of macrolide-resistant S. pyogenes (vertical axis) in 14 industrialized countries. A regression line was fitted with 95% confidence bands (r = 0.71; p = 0.004).

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