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Title: | Drug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae |
Author: | Pallarés Giner, Roman Liñares Louzao, Josefina Gudiol i Munté, Francesc |
Keywords: | Resistència als medicaments Pneumococs Mortalitat Drug resistance Streptococcus pneumonia Mortality |
Issue Date: | 4-Jan-1996 |
Publisher: | Massachusetts Medical Society |
Abstract: | To the Editor: since the first description of infection caused by β-lactam-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae, the optimal empirical antibiotic therapy for patients with suspected meningitis caused by this microorganism has remained unknown. Hofmann et al. (Aug. 24 issue)1 reported a 25 percent prevalence of penicillin-resistant S. pneumoniae isolates and a 9 percent prevalence of cephalosporin-resistant isolates among 431 patients with invasive pneumococcal infections in Atlanta. The authors recommended adding vancomycin to the initial therapeutic regimen of patients with suspected pneumococcal meningitis. |
Note: | Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJM199601043340114 |
It is part of: | New England Journal of Medicine, 1996, vol. 334, p. 53-55 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/157301 |
Related resource: | https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJM199601043340114 |
ISSN: | 0028-4793 |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Ciències Clíniques) |
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