A new twist on an old problem: a case of pediatric meningitis caused by multidrug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 19A
| Autor: | Dylan R. Pillai, Shaun K. Morris, Donald E. Low, Peter Cox, Manaf AlQahtani, William A Ciccotelli, Susan M. Poutanen, Mary Anne Opavsky |
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| Předmět: |
Microbiology (medical)
Serotype business.industry medicine.drug_class Antibiotics Drug resistance biochemical phenomena metabolism and nutrition medicine.disease medicine.disease_cause Virology Microbiology Infectious Diseases Levofloxacin Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Streptococcus pneumoniae medicine Vancomycin business Meningitis Rifampicin medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Scopus-Elsevier ResearcherID |
| Popis: | Recent studies show that multidrug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 19A continues to emerge as a cause of invasive pneumococcal disease after the introduction of Prevnar. We report a case of multidrug-resistant S. pneumoniae serotype 19A meningitis successfully treated with vancomycin and levofloxacin. This case reinforces the need for the empiric use of vancomycin in meningitis and the need for alternative treatments. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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