Streptococcus pneumoniae isolated from blood, cerebrospinal fluid, respiratory tract and other clinical specimens from 268 patients were tested for sensitivity to penicillin, using 1 micrograms oxacillin disks. Eighty-four (31%) of these isolates were found to be relatively resistant to penicillin.
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