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Clinical and microbiological characteristics of community-acquired pneumonia associated with Streptococcus pneumoniae in adult patients in Mexico

Rev. argent. microbiol; 51 (3), 2019
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...

Antimicrobial susceptibility and fluctuations in clonal complexes of serogroup 6 Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates collected from children in Beijing, China, between 1997 and 2016

Braz. j. microbiol; 49 (4), 2018
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...

Resistencia antibiótica y distribución de serotipos en cepas neumocócicas invasivas en adultos hospitalizados en Lima, Perú

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...

Serotype changes and antimicrobial nonsusceptibility rates of invasive and non-invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates after implementation of 10-valent pneumococcal nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae protein D conjugate vaccine (PHiD-CV) in Bulgaria

Braz. j. infect. dis; 21 (4), 2017
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...

Antimicrobial and molecular interaction studies on derivatives of curcumin against Streptococcus pneumoniae which caused pneumonia

Electron. j. biotechnol; 19 (1), 2016
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 ...

Efectividad y seguridad de cefotaxima como primera línea para el tratamiento intrahospitalario de neumonía asociada a la comunidad no complicada por Streptococcus pneumoniae resistente en niños
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...

Epidemiología de las enfermedades invasoras causadas por streptococcus pneumoniae en niños chilenos: proyecciones clínicas y de salud pública
Epidemiology of streptococcus pneumoniae invasive disease in Chilean children: clinical and public health perspectives

Rev. chil. infectol; 18 (supl.1), 2001

Infecciones respiratorias adquiridas en la comunidad: relación con agentes etiológicos y antibióticos con especial atención a levofloxacino
Community acquired respiratory infections: relationship to causal agents and antibiotics with special focus on levofloxacine

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...