Two-Year Surveillance of Antibiotic Resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae in Four African Cities
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Two-year surveillance of antibiotic resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae in four African cities.
Worldwide spread of antibiotic resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae is a major problem. However, data from West and North African countries are scarce. To study the level of resistance and compare the situations in different cities, a prospective study was conducted in Abidjan (Ivory Coast), Casablanca (Morocco), Dakar (Senegal), and Tunis (Tunisia), from 1996 to 1997. The resistances to eigh...
متن کاملCapsular serotype and antibiotic resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates in two Chilean cities.
We compared the incidence of nasopharyngeal colonization by Streptococcus pneumoniae, the serotypes causing mucosal and invasive diseases, and the antibiotic resistance of these strains in patients admitted to three large hospitals and children attending day care centers in two Chilean cities (Santiago and Temuco). The populations in both cities were similar in ethnic background, socioeconomic ...
متن کاملGlobal antibiotic resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae.
The last two decades of the 20th century were marked by an increasing resistance rate among several bacteria. Threat of resistance is present in Staphylococcus spp., Enterococcus spp., Pseudomonas spp. and Enterobacteriaceae, which are the major pathogens in nosocomial infections. In the community, too, increasing resistance can be observed and is attributed mainly (but not exclusively) to Stre...
متن کاملPHLS surveillance of antibiotic resistance, England and Wales: emerging resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae.
To the Editor: The commentary, by Dr. M. S. Cetron and colleagues, on the action plan for drugresistant Streptococcus pneumoniae (1) prompts us to describe the main system for surveillance of antibiotic resistance in use by the Public Health Laboratory Service (PHLS) in England and Wales and our recent results for resistance in S. pneumoniae. Since 1974, the diagnostic laboratories in the PHLS ...
متن کاملAntibiotic resistance of clinical isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Greece.
The antibiotic susceptibilities of 1,002 Streptococcus pneumoniae clinical isolates from patients with community-acquired pneumonia were determined over an 18-month period. Resistance rates were 14% for penicillin, 20% for erythromycin, 26% for tetracycline, and 1% for chloramphenicol. Resistance to non-beta-lactam antibiotics was associated with penicillin resistance at statistically levels.
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0066-4804,1098-6596
DOI: 10.1128/aac.45.2.627-629.2001