Postoperative infection caused by an unusual serotype of Streptococcus pneumoniae associated with multiple drug resistance.

Journal of clinical microbiology ·Vol. 15 ·No. 5 ·1982-05-00 ·Pages 967-8

O'Donnell ED, Alter KE, Frenkel LD

Abstract

A 15-month-old child developed an infectious pulmonary complication of open heart surgery. Cultures of the respiratory secretions showed growth of a 9L serotype of Streptococcus pneumoniae which was resistant to penicillin, tetracycline, and chloramphenicol. There was no evidence that the organism was spread among the family of the patient or hospital personnel.

MeSH Terms

Chloramphenicol/pharmacology Female Humans Infant Penicillin Resistance Penicillins/pharmacology Pneumococcal Infections/etiology Postoperative Complications Respiratory Tract Infections/etiology Serotyping Streptococcus pneumoniae/classification,drug effects Tetracycline/pharmacology

Chemicals

Penicillins Chloramphenicol Tetracycline

Authors & Affiliations

3 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID

O'Donnell E D

Alter K E

Frenkel L D

References (4)

4 references, click to expand

Streptococcus pneumoniae resistant to penicillin and chloramphenicol.
Lancet. 1977 Nov 12;2(8046):995-7 PMID: 72950
Emergence of multiply resistant pneumococci.
N Engl J Med. 1978 Oct 5;299(14):735-40 PMID: 29219
Importance of antimicrobial susceptibility testing of Streptococcus pneumoniae.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1978 Oct;14(4):628-9 PMID: 31135
From the center for disease control. Epidemiology of pneumococcal serotypes in the United States, 1978--1979.
J Infect Dis. 1980 Jan;141(1):119-23 PMID: 6245143

Article Info

Journal

Journal of clinical microbiology

Abbr.

J Clin Microbiol

ISSN

0095-1137

DOI

10.1128/jcm.15.5.967-968.1982

Published

1982-05-00

Pages

967-8

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

7505564

PMCID

PMC272225

Subset

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PubMed source DOI: 10.1128/jcm.15.5.967-968.1982 PMC Full Text View journal details

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