Ceftazidime and cefamandole were compared in the treatment of pneumonia. The median MIC of ceftazidime for all Streptococcus pneumoniae (n = 17) and Haemophilus influenzae (n = 10) isolates was 0.125 microgram/ml. All other isolates were inhibited by less than 0.5 microgram of ceftazidime per ml, with the exception of a group B streptococcus (MIC = 4 micrograms/ml). Satisfactory clinical respon...

Streptococcus spp are opportunistic pathogens that normally reside in the upper respiratory, intestinal, lower urinary, and genital tracts but can cause localized infection or septicemia in dogs of all ages. A retrospective study of streptococcal infection in 393 dogs was conducted to identify the species of Streptococcus isolated, determine demographics of affected dogs, and characterize the d...

Necrotising pneumonia (NP) is a severe complication of community-acquired pneumonia characterised by liquefaction and cavitation of lung tissue. The present study describes the epidemiology, aetiology, management and outcomes of children hospitalised with NP over a 15-yr period. A retrospective observational study of NP cases was conducted from January 1990 to February 2005 analysing clinical p...

The 2,160,267 bp genome sequence of Streptococcus agalactiae, the leading cause of bacterial sepsis, pneumonia, and meningitis in neonates in the U.S. and Europe, is predicted to encode 2,175 genes. Genome comparisons among S. agalactiae, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Streptococcus pyogenes, and the other completely sequenced genomes identified genes specific to the streptococci and to S. agalactia...

Pulmonary valve endocarditis is an rare type of infective endocarditis (IE). Streptococcus pneumoniae is a pathogen that is uncommonly associated with IE. A 50 year-old man was referred to us to an incidental echocardiographic finding of a pulmonary valve vegetation. He had a recent admission for drainage of a scrotal abscess from which streptococcus pneumoniae was isolated, complicated by hosp...

Respiratory diseases of swine cause major economic losses. In many cases, respiratory disease losses are not recognized because death losses are low and reduced feed efficiencies are the primary effect. The major infectious organisms currently associated with swine pneumonias are Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae, Pasteurella multocida, Bordetella bronchiseptica, Hemophilus pleuropneumoniae, Hemophilus ...

Geographic variation in drug susceptibility among isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae has influenced national treatment guidelines for community-acquired pneumonia. Whether individual hospital susceptibility data provide reliable and valid information for providers is unclear. We examined the geographic and temporal variability in hospital-reported rates of pneumococcal susceptibility. We surv...

A 67-year-old man on prednisolone and azathioprine for ulcerative colitis, developed severe pneumonia due to Nocardia otitidis caviarum, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, a group D Streptococcus and Candida albicans. The patient responded well to aggressive antimicrobial therapy.

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