Increased resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates to antimicrobial drugs, at a referral hospital in north-west Ethiopia

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 110-112

  Erqou, Sebhat ^a   Kebede, Yenew ^a   Mulu, Andargachew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; DRUG EFFECT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 47549098318     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/td.2007.006190     Document Type: Article

References (10)

1. Jacobs MR. Streptococcus pneumoniae: epidemiology and patterns of resistance. Am J Med, 2004;117(suppl. 3A):35-155
2. Yanagihara K, Otsu Y, Ohno H, et al., Clinical characteristics of pneumonia caused by penicillin resistant and sensitive streptococcus pneumoniae in Japan. Intern Med, 2004;11:1029-33
3. Goldstein FW, Garau J. 30 years of penicillin-resistant S. pneumoniae: myth or reality?. Lancet, 1997;350:233-4
4. Forwars KR. The epidemiology of penicillin resistance in streptococcus pneumoniae. Semin Respir Infect, 1999;14:243-54
5. Hart CA, Kariuki S. Antimicrobial resistance in developing countries. BMJ, 1998;317:647
6. Tomasz A. ‘Multiple-antibiotic-resistant pathogenic bacteria – a report on the rockfeller university workshop.’ New Engl J Med, 1994;330:1247-51
7. Muhe L, Klugman KP. Pneumococccal and haemophilus influenza meningitis in a children's hospital in Ethiopia: serotypes and susceptibility patterns. Trop Med Int Health, 1999;4:421-7
8. Duguid JP, Ross PW. Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus). In: Collee JG, Duguid JP, Fraser AG, Marmion BP eds. Mackie & McCartney Practical Medical Microbiology. 13th edn. Edinburgh, London, Melbourne, New York: Churchil Livingston, 1989:328-9
9. Cheesbrough M. Medical Laboratory Manual in Tropical Countries. Volume II: Microbiology. Cambridge: University Press, 1991;201-2
10. Center for Disease Control and Prevention. ‘Drug Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae Disease.’ Technical Information. See [www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/drugresisstreppneum_a.htm] (last checked December 2003)