Bacteremic pneumonia caused by extensively drug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae.

Authors :: Kang CI
Baek JY
Jeon K
Kim SH
Chung DR
Peck KR
Lee NY
Song JH
Source :: Journal of clinical microbiology [J Clin Microbiol] 2012 Dec; Vol. 50 (12), pp. 4175-7. Date of Electronic Publication: 2012 Oct 10.
Publication Year :: 2012
Abstract: The emergence of antimicrobial resistance threatens the successful treatment of pneumococcal infections. Here we report a case of bacteremic pneumonia caused by an extremely drug-resistant strain of Streptococcus pneumoniae, nonsusceptible to at least one agent in all classes but vancomycin and linezolid, posing an important new public health threat in our region.

Subjects :: Aged, 80 and over
Anti-Bacterial Agents pharmacology
Bacteremia microbiology
Humans
Male
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Molecular Sequence Data
Penicillin-Binding Proteins genetics
Pneumonia, Pneumococcal microbiology
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Streptococcus pneumoniae classification
Streptococcus pneumoniae genetics
Bacteremia diagnosis
Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
Pneumonia, Pneumococcal diagnosis
Streptococcus pneumoniae drug effects
Streptococcus pneumoniae isolation & purification

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