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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-5-14
pubmed:abstractText
The main object of this study was to describe the evolution of antibiotic resistance in pneumococci from adults, in eight French counties of France between 1995 and 1997. Despite the high and increasing prevalence (23-35%) of pneumococci with diminished susceptibility to penicillin G (PSDP), resistance to amoxycillin (0.8-0.5%) and to cefotaxime (0-0.3%) was rare in both 1995 and 1997 respectively. The percentage of pneumococci resistant to penicillin G (PRP, minimum inhibitory concentration >1 mg/l) remained stable between the two periods. PSDP showed increased resistance to macrolides (30-41%), to cotrimoxazole (28-34%) and to tetracycline (19-25%). These figures are lower than those obtained over the same periods and the same regions in children. The distribution of PSDP serotypes isolated in adults was the same as that seen in children: by descending order serotypes 23, 14, 9 and 6. This study by the Regional Pneumococcal Observatories confirms the high prevalence and the main characteristics of antibiotic resistance among pneumococci with variations in levels of resistance with the age of patients, with the site of sampling and from one Observatory to another.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0924-8579
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
19
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
389-96
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Change of pneumococcal resistance to antibiotics in adults between 1995 and 1997: a study in eight French counties.
pubmed:affiliation
Hôpital Calmette, CHRU, Bd du Pr J. Leclercq, 59 037 Lille, Cedex, France. mroussel@chru-lille.fr
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't