Serotype Distribution and Drug Resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae, Palestinian Territories

To determine antimicrobial drug resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes, we analyzed isolates from blood cultures of sick children residing in the West Bank before initiation of pneumococcal vaccination. Of 120 serotypes isolated, 50.8%, 73.3%, and 80.8% of the bacteremia cases could have b...

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Autores principales: Kattan, Randa, Abu Rayyan, Amal, Zheiman, Inas, Idkeidek, Suzan, Baraghithi, Sabri, Rishmawi, Nabeel, Turkuman, Sultan, Abu-Diab, Afaf, Ghneim, Riyad, Zoughbi, Madeleine, Dauodi, Rula, Ghneim, Raed, Issa, Abed-El-Razeq, Siryani, Issa, Al Qas, Randa, Liddawi, Rawan, Khamash, Hatem, Kanaan, Moein, Marzouqa, Hiyam, Hindiyeh, Musa Y.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2011
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3204635/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21192863
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1701.100886
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Sumario:To determine antimicrobial drug resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes, we analyzed isolates from blood cultures of sick children residing in the West Bank before initiation of pneumococcal vaccination. Of 120 serotypes isolated, 50.8%, 73.3%, and 80.8% of the bacteremia cases could have been prevented by pneumococcal conjugate vaccines. Serotype 14 was the most drug-resistant serotype isolated.

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