Spectrum: Local Antimicrobial Stewardship, for Fraser Health

Erythromycin - Antibiogram Data

Burnaby Hospital
% of Isolates Susceptible

Staphylococcus lugdunensis87%
n = 61
Streptococcus pyogenes / Group A Strep83%
n = 252

Combined with Rest of FH

Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA)76%
n = 460
Streptococcus agalactiae (Group B)67%
n = 85
Streptococcus pneumoniae64%
n = 45
Staphylococcus aureus61%
n = 663

MRSA and MSSA

Staphylococci, coagulase negative40%
n = 54
Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)27%
n = 203

Note

Susceptibility to erythromycin for these organisms is the same as for azithromycin/clarithromycin