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Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:
Hsueh, Po-Ren ; Luh, Kwen-Tay
Hsueh, Po-Ren ; Luh, Kwen-Tay Less -
Description:
Taiwan has one of the highest levels of antibiotic-resistant pneumococcus in the world. Pneumococcal isolates not susceptible to penicillin first appeared in Taiwan in 1986; in 1995 an increase in the prevalence of nonsusceptibility to penicillins, extended-spectrum cephalosporins, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, and macrolides as well as multidrug resistance began to be recognized. With the persistence of antibiotic selective pressure, resistance in some antibiotics reached a high plateau (beta-lactam antibiotics) or continued to increase (macrolides), while novel resistance (fluoroquinolones) emerged in the last 3 years. Widespread distribution of some novel resistant 23F and 19F clones (and the international epidemic of 23F clones) contributes further to the rapid increase of resistance. Because Streptococcus pneumoniae is a major pathogen that causes community-acquired lower respiratory tract infections and meningitis in adults and children, antibiotic-resistance in this organism is a serious problem.
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Antimicrobial Resistance
Drug Resistance
Humans
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Pneumococcal Infections
Prevalence
Serotyping
Streptococcus Pneumoniae
Synopsis
Taiwan

Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 8(12):1487-1491.
Document Type:
Journal Article
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
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