Emergence of fluoroquinolone-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in a South African child in a tuberculosis treatment facility

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2003 Nov;22(11):1020-1. doi: 10.1097/01.inf.0000095430.29265.7f.

Authors

Anne von Gottberg¹, Herbert Ludewick, Sheila Bamber, Chetna Govind, A Willem Sturm, Keith P Klugman

Affiliation

¹ Respiratory and Memingeal Pathogens Research Unit, Medical Research Council, University of the Witwatersrand, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, South Africa.

PMID: 14628774
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000095430.29265.7f

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Drug Resistance, Bacterial
Fatal Outcome
Female
Fluoroquinolones / pharmacology*
HIV Infections / complications
Humans
Infant
South Africa / epidemiology
Streptococcus pneumoniae / drug effects*

Substances

Fluoroquinolones