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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
1977-12-29
pubmed:abstractText
A previously healthy 23-year-old white woman had fulminant pneumococcal pneumonia complicated by empyema and bilateral pneumothoraces. Despite early treatment with the recommended doses of minocycline, the disease progressed. The S pneumoniae isolate was resistant to a 30microgram tetracycline disk and showed an MIC of 3.13microgram/ml for minocycline and 12.5 microgram/ml for tetracycline; these levels are considered by the manufacturer to indicate sensitivity to minocycline and intermediate sensitivity to tetracycline. The tetracyclines, including minocycline, should not be used to treat bacterial pneumonia since resistant strains of pneumococci are not uncommon and inffective treatment can lead to rapid progression of the infection. This case suggests that the levels of minocycline considered to indicate sensitivity in vitro be reassessed.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0038-4348
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
70
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1357-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1977
pubmed:articleTitle
Minocycline treatment failure in pneumonia caused by minocycline-sensitive Streptococcus pneumoniae.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports