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01-09-2006 | Short Report
Serotype distribution and antibiotic susceptibility of invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae disease isolates from children in Turkey, 2001–2004
Authors:
Isık Yalçın, Nezahat Gürler, Emre Alhan, Akgün Yaman, Mehmet Turgut, Ümit Çelik, Necla Akçakaya, Yıldız Camcıoğlu, Şukufe Diren, Bülent Yıldırım
Published in:
European Journal of Pediatrics
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Issue 9/2006
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Excerpt
Streptococcus pneumoniae is a major cause of childhood invasive infections, including sepsis, pneumonia and meningitis, and of non-invasive disease such as otitis media. Most
S. pneumoniae strains from invasive infections capable of creating treatment problems in children because of antibiotic resistance belong to serogroups 14, 6, 9, 19 and 23. Despite progress in antimicrobial therapy, effective treatment is becoming increasingly complicated because of the rising worldwide emergence of pneumococci resistant to penicillin G and other commonly used antimicrobial agents [
1,
3,
5].The aim of the present study was to investigate the antibiotic susceptibility pattern and serotype distribution of
S. pneumoniae isolates from children younger than 10 years of age hospitalized with invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) in Turkey during the years 2001–2004. …
