Multiple antibiotic resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae.

Journal article

Streptococcus pneumoniae remains a major pathogen responsible for high morbidity and mortality in both the developed and developing world. During the last few years there has been a dramatic increase in the incidence of penicillin-resistant and multiply antibiotic-resistant pneumococci, and the emergence of isolates with high-level resistance to extended-spectrum cephalosporins. In several countries, 50-80% of pneumococcal isolates, including the great majority of isolates of the serotypes as...

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Authors: Crook, D; Spratt, BG

• Journal: British medical bulletin
• Volume: 54
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 595-610
• Publication date: 1998-01-01
• DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.bmb.a011713
• EISSN: 1471-8391
• ISSN: 0007-1420
• Language: English
• Keywords: Streptococcus pneumoniae; Drug Resistance, Multiple; Pneumococcal Infections; Drug Resistance, Microbial; Humans