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Fatal infection caused by a multiply resistant type 3 pneumococcus.

Journal of clinical microbiology ·Vol. 26 ·No. 8 ·1988-08-00 ·Pages 1590-1

Lawrenson JB, Klugman KP, Eidelman JI, Wasas A, Miller SD, Lipman J

Abstract

The most virulent pneumococcal serotype (type 3) has not to date been associated with multiple antimicrobial resistance. We report an unusual gastrointestinal presentation of fatal septicemia caused by a multiply resistant type 3 pneumococcus in a setting of increasing prevalence of multiple resistance, including resistance to erythromycin, clindamycin, and tetracycline.

MeSH Terms
Adolescent Clindamycin/pharmacology Drug Resistance, Microbial Erythromycin/pharmacology Gastroenteritis/microbiology Humans Male Penicillins/pharmacology Pneumococcal Infections/microbiology Sepsis/microbiology Streptococcus pneumoniae/drug effects Tetracycline/pharmacology Tetracycline Resistance
Chemicals
Penicillins Clindamycin Erythromycin Tetracycline
Authors & Affiliations
6 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Lawrenson J B
Department of Internal Medicine, J.G. Strijdom Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Klugman K P
Eidelman J I
Wasas A
Miller S D
Lipman J
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Article Info
Journal
Journal of clinical microbiology
Abbr.
J Clin Microbiol
ISSN
0095-1137
DOI
10.1128/jcm.26.8.1590-1591.1988
Published
1988-08-00
Pages
1590-1
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
7505564
PMCID
PMC266669
Subset
IM
External Links
PubMed source DOI: 10.1128/jcm.26.8.1590-1591.1988 PMC Full Text View journal details
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