Aggregated Antibiograms and Monitoring of Drug-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae

Aggregated Antibiograms and Monitoring of Drug-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae

Community-specific antimicrobial susceptibility data may help monitor trends among drug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae and guide empiric therapy. Because active, population-based surveillance for invasive pneumococcal disease is accurate but resource intensive, we compared the proportion of peni...

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Main Authors: Chris A. Van Beneden, Catherine Lexau, Wendy Baughman, Brenda Barnes, Nancy M. Bennett, P. Maureen Cassidy, Margaret Pass, Lisa Gelling, Nancy L. Barrett, Elizabeth R. Zell, Cynthia G. Whitney
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2003-09-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Streptococcus pneumoniae
antibiogram
pneumococcal infections
drug resistance
population surveillance
epidemiology
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/9/9/02-0620_article

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