Pneumococcal infection remains a common cause of serious morbidity and mortality
throughout the world. Until recently, clinical isolates of pneumococci that were penicillin …

Abstract From January 1991 through December 1998, a total of 1046 pneumococcal isolates
were received from 23 laboratories participating in the statewide surveillance system. Of …

ABSTRACT From January 1996 to December 1997, 200 isolates of Streptococcus
pneumoniae recovered from 200 patients treated at National Taiwan University Hospital …

Background Five of seven serotypes in the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, introduced for
infants in the United States in 2000, are responsible for most penicillin-resistant infections …

Increasingly, Streptococcus pneumoniae with reduced susceptibility to penicillin is
becoming a healthcare concern, not only because of the high prevalence of infections …

ABSTRACT A total of 685 clinical Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates from patients with
pneumococcal diseases were collected from 14 centers in 11 Asian countries from January …

Drug-resistant strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae have now been reported from all
continents and have become the predominant pathogens in some areas; many strains are …

The relative effects of risk factors on the prevalence of resistant pneumococcal clones are
hard to determine. Our aim was to evaluate the effect of risk factors on the prevalence of …

Streptococcus pneumoniae infections are a leading cause of respiratory illness in young
children, the elderly, and persons with chronic medical conditions. The emergence of …

Emergence of drug-resistantStreptococcus pneumoniae (DRSP) presents a challenge to the
medical and public health communities since the magnitude of the problem is not known, the …