Extensively Drug-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae, South Korea, 2011–2012

To better understand extensively drug resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae, we assessed clinical and microbiological characteristics of 5 extensively drug-resistant pneumococcal isolates. We concluded that long-term care facility residents who had undergone tracheostomy might be reservoirs of these pn...

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Autores principales: Cho, Sun Young, Baek, Jin Yang, Kang, Cheol-In, Kim, So Hyun, Ha, Young Eun, Chung, Doo Ryeon, Lee, Nam Yong, Peck, Kyong Ran, Song, Jae-Hoon
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2014
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4012805/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24750694
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2005.131371
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Sumario:To better understand extensively drug resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae, we assessed clinical and microbiological characteristics of 5 extensively drug-resistant pneumococcal isolates. We concluded that long-term care facility residents who had undergone tracheostomy might be reservoirs of these pneumococci; 13- and 23-valent pneumococcal vaccines should be considered for high-risk persons; and antimicrobial drugs should be used judiciously.

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