Fatal infection caused by a multiply resistant type 3 pneumococcus

Autor: Lawrenson, J B, Klugman, K P, Eidelman, J I, Wasas, A, Miller, S D, Lipman, J
Zdroj: Journal of Clinical Microbiology; August 1988, Vol. 26 Issue: 8 p1590-1591, 2p
Abstrakt: 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.
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