The aim of this study was to assess the risk factors and clinical and microbiological characteristics of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in adult patients in Mexico. Streptococcus pneumoniae classified as the causative agent of CAP in adult patients and patients with invasive S. pneumoniae isolates pr...
ABSTRACT This study examined the antimicrobial susceptibility patterns and clonal complex (CC) characteristics of serogroup 6 Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates collected from children in Beijing, China, between 1997 and 2016. Serotypes were determined using the Quellung reaction, and the antimicrobial su...
RESUMEN Objetivos. Describir las características clínicas, resistencia antibiótica y distribución de serotipos de cepas causantes de enfermedad neumocócica invasiva (ENI) en adultos. Materiales y métodos. Estudio tipo serie de casos. Se recolectaron cepas de neumococo de pacientes adultos hospi...
Abstract The 10-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV10) has been included in Bulgarian Childhood Immunization Program since 2010. This study aimed to assess serotype distribution and antimicrobial resistance of 198 invasive and non-invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae strains that had been isolated in...
Background: The antimicrobial properties and molecular interaction analysis of curcumin and its derivatives against three different strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae (Penicillin-susceptible, Penicillin-intermediate and Penicillin-resistant) are studied. Results: These properties were analyzed based on ...
Effectiveness and safety of cefotaxime as the first line for the in-hospital treatment of community-associated pneumonia not complicated by resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in children
Antecedentes: Descripción de la condición de salud de interés: La Neumonía Asociada a la Comunidad (NAC) es una enfermedad resultante de la inflamación del parénquima pulmonar generada por un agente infeccioso fuera del ambiente hospitalario. El cuadro clínico se caracteriza por tos, fiebre y sign...
Los microorganismos involucrados en infecciones del tracto respiratorio alto y bajo, incluyen tanto bacterias "típicas" tales como Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, Streptococcus pyogenes y Moraxella catarrhalis, y bacterias "atípicas", como Mycoplasma pneumoniae, Chlamydia pneumoniae y...