Abstract
The emergence of antimicrobial resistance threatens the successful treatment of pneumococcal infections. Here we report a case of bacteremic pneumonia caused by an extremely drug-resistant strain of Streptococcus pneumoniae, nonsusceptible to at least one agent in all classes but vancomycin and linezolid, posing an important new public health threat in our region.
Publication types
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Case Reports
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Aged, 80 and over
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Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
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Bacteremia / diagnosis*
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Bacteremia / microbiology
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Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial*
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Humans
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Male
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Microbial Sensitivity Tests
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Molecular Sequence Data
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Penicillin-Binding Proteins / genetics
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Pneumonia, Pneumococcal / diagnosis*
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Pneumonia, Pneumococcal / microbiology
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Sequence Analysis, DNA
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Streptococcus pneumoniae / classification
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Streptococcus pneumoniae / drug effects*
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Streptococcus pneumoniae / genetics
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Streptococcus pneumoniae / isolation & purification*
Substances
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Anti-Bacterial Agents
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Penicillin-Binding Proteins
Associated data
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GENBANK/JX560510
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GENBANK/JX560511
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GENBANK/JX560512