Antimicrobial resistance of streptococcus pneumoniae during 10 years from 1991 to 2000 in Vietnam
- Author:
Pham Van Ca
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
streptococcus pneumoniae
- MeSH:
Streptococcus pneumoniae;
Drug Resistance, Microbial;
epidemiology
- From:Journal of Preventive Medicine
2004;14(1):63-65
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
From 1991 to 2000, 1,606 pathogenous strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolated from acute respiratory infections, meningitis, septicemia, etc. The results showed that there was a high and rapid drug resistance, especially Streptococcus pneumoniae strains resistance against penicillin (PRSP) and co-trimoxazole