Serotype Distribution and Drug Resistance inStreptococcus pneumoniae, Palestinian Territories

Serotype Distribution and Drug Resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae, Palestinian Territories

To determine antimicrobial drug resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes, we analyzed isolates from blood cultures of sick children residing in the West Bank before initiation of pneumococcal vaccination. Of 120 serotypes isolated, 50.8%, 73.3%, and 80.8% of the bacteremia cases could have been prevented by pneumococcal conjugate vaccines. Serotype 14 was the most drug-resistant serotyp...

Streptococcus pneumoniae from Palestinian Nasopharyngeal Carriers: Serotype Distribution and Antimicrobial Resistance

Infections of Streptococcus pneumoniae in children can be prevented by vaccination; left untreated, they cause high morbidity and fatalities. This study aimed at determining the nasopharyngeal carrier rates, serotype distribution and antimicrobial resistance patterns of S. pneumoniae in healthy Palestinian children under age two prior to the full introduction of the pneumococcal 7-valent conjug...

Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype distribution and antimicrobial resistance in Chinese

†contributed equally to this manuscript 5 Southern Medical University, Guangdong Province, China 6 Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Bao’an Maternity & Child Health Hospital affiliated with 7 Jinan University, Shenzhen, P. R. China 8 Department of Clinical Laboratory, Bao’an Maternity & Child Health Hospital affiliated 9 with Jinan University, Shenzhen, P. R. China 10 Centre for Infectious Diseas...

Nasopharyngeal carriage, antibiotic resistance and serotype distribution of Streptococcus

Abstract Background and objectives: Colonization of nasopharynx by Streptococcus Pneumoniae can lead to pneumococcal disease. This study was performed to determine the carriage rate of nasopharyngeal S.pneumoniae in adolescents and their antibiotic susceptibility and serotype prevalence in Zahedan, Iran Material and Methods: Nasopharyngeal specimens were obtained from 865 adolescents aged 10-19...

nasopharyngeal carriage, antibiotic resistance and serotype distribution of streptococcus pneumoniae among healthy adolescents in zahedan