Capsular type distribution and susceptibility to antibiotics of Streptococcus pneumoniae clinical strains isolated from uruguayan children with systemic infections

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 159-164

  Hortal, M ^a,j   Algorta, G ^b   Bianchi, I ^e   Borthagaray, G ^f   Cestau, I ^g   Camou, T ^a   Castro, M ^a   De Los Santos, M ^h   Diez, R ^h   Dell'Acqua, L ^a   Galiana, A ^g   Giordano, A ^h   Giordano, P ⁱ   Lopez Ghemi, G ^h   Milanese, N ^h   Mogdasy, C ^d   Palacio, R ^b   Pedreira, W ^c   Pisano, A ^b   Pivel, L ^e,f  

^a Central Public Health Laboratory   (Uruguay)

^b Ministry of Public Health   (Uruguay)

^c Asociacion Española   (Uruguay)

^d CASMU   (Uruguay)

^e Instituto Nacional de Transplantes   (Uruguay)

^f Hospital FFAA

^g Instituto Medico de Prevision Asistencia y Servicios Afines   (Uruguay)

^h Hospitales Departamentales   (Uruguay)

ⁱ Hospitales Departamentales   (Uruguay)

^j Ministry of Public Health Uruguay   (Uruguay)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; POLYSACCHARIDE VACCINE; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MENINGITIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; URUGUAY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0030968885     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/mdr.1997.3.159     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Coffey, T.J., C.G. Dowson, M. Daniels, and B.C. Spratt. 1995. Genetics and molecular biology of B-lactam-resistant pneumococci. Microb. Drug Resist. 1:29-34.
2. Fenoll, A., C. Martin Bourgon, R. Muñoz, D. Vicioso, and J. Casal. 1991. Serotype distribution of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates causing systemic infections in Spain, 1979-1989. Rev. Infect. Dis. 13:56-60.
3. Henrichsen, J. 1995. Six newly recognized types of Streptococcus pneumoniae. J. Clin. Microbiol. 33:2759-2752.
4. Hortal, M., A. Benitez, M. Contera, P. Etorena, A. Montano, and M. Meny. 1990. A community-based study of acute respiratory tract in children in Uruguay. Rev. Infect. Dis. 12 (suppl 8):S966-S973.
5. Hortal, M., C. Mogdasy, J.C. Russi, C. Deleon, and A. Suarez. 1990. Microbial agents associated with pneumonia in children from Uruguay. Rev. Infect. Dis. 12 (suppl 8):S915-S922.
6. Hortal, M., R. Palacio, T. Camou, and C. Mogdasy. 1994. An-timicrobial resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae strains from Uruguay. Pediatr. Infect. Dis. J. 13:542-543.
7. Hortal, M., A. Suarez, C. Deleon, M. Esteban, M.C. Mogdasy, J.C. Russi, M. Contera, and M. Meny. 1994. Etiology and severity of community-acquired pneumonia in children from Uruguay: A 4-year study. Rev. Inst. Med. Trop. SP 36:255-264.
8. John, C.C. 1994. Treatment failure with use of a third-generation cephalosporin for penicillin-resistant pneumococcal meningitis: Case report and review. Clin. Infect. Dis. 18:188-193.
9. Marton, A. 1992. Pneumococcal antimicrobial resistance: The problem in Hungary. Clin. Infect. Dis. 15:106-111.
10. Mogdasy, M.C., T. Camou, C. Fajardo, and M. Hortal. 1992. Colonizing and invasive strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Uruguayan children: Type distribution and patterns of antibiotic resistance. Pediatr. Infect. Dis. J. 11:648-652.
11. Pallares, R., J. Linares, M. Vadillo, C. Cabellos, F. Manresa, P.F. Viladrich, R. Martin, and F. Guidol. 1995. Resistance to penicillin and cephalosporins and mortality from severe pneumococcal pneumonia in Barcelona, Spain. N. Engl. J. Med. 333:474-180.
12. Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization. 1992. Master plan. Development of a conjugated vaccine against Streptococcus pneumoniae. HDP/HDR-RDV/92.1.
13. Scott, J.A.G., A.J. Hall, R. Dagan, J.M.S. Dixon, S.J. Eykyn, A. Fenoll, M. Hortal, L.P. Jetté, J.H. Jorgenscn, F. Lamothe, C. Latorre, J.T. Macfarlane, D.M. Shlaes, L.E. Smart, and A. Taunay. 1996. Serogroup-specific epidemiology of Streptococcus pneumoniae: Association with age, sex, and geography in 7,000 episodes of invasive disease. Clin. Infect. Dis. 22:973-981.
14. Selwyn, B.J. on behalf of the Coordinated Data Group of BOSTID Researchers. 1990. The epidemiology of acute respiratory tract infections in young children: Comparison of findings from several developing countries. Rev. Infect. Dis. 12 (suppl 8):S870-S888.
15. Shahid, N.S., M.C. Steinhoff, S.S. Hoque, T. Begum, C. Thompson, and G.R. Siber. 1995. Breast milk and infant antibody after maternal immunization with pneumococcal vaccine. Lancet 346:1252-1257.
16. Simpson, J.M., J.S. Patel, and P. Ispahani. 1995. Streptococcus pneumoniae invasive disease in the neonatal period: An increasing problem? Eur. J. Pediatr. 154:563-566.
17. Smith, T., D. Lehmann, J. Montgomery, M. Gratten, I.D. Riley, and M.P. Alpers. 1993. Acquisition and invasiveness of different serotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae in young children. Epidemiol. Infect. 111:27-39.
18. Sniadack, D.H., B. Schwartz, H. Lipman, J. Bogaerts, J.C. Butler, R. Dagan, G. Echaniz-Aviles, N. Lloyd-Evans, A. Fenoll, N.I. Girgis, J. Henrichsen, K. Klugman, D. Lehmann, A.K. Takala, J. Vandepitte, S. Gove, and R.F. Breiman. 1995. Potential interventions for the prevention of childhood pneumonia: geographic and temporal differences in serotype and serogroup distribution of sterile site pneumococcal isolates from children, implications for vaccine strategies. Pediatr. Infect. Dis. J. 14:503-510.
19. Takala, A.K., J. Vuopio-Varkila, E. Tarkka, M. Leinonen, and J.M. Musser. 1996. Subtyping of common pediatric pneumococcal serotypes from invasive disease and pharyngeal carriage in Finland. J. Infect. Dis. 173:128-135.
20. Zhang, Y., D.J. Isaaccnian, R.M. Wadowsky, J. Rydquist-White, J.C. Post, and G.D. Ehrlich. 1995. Detection of Streptococcus pneumoniae in whole blood by PCR. J. Clin. Microbiol. 33:596-601.