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Novel antibiotic-resistant pneumococcal strains recovered from the upper respiratory tracts of HIV-infected adults and their children in Kisumu, Kenya.
Microbial drug resistance (Larchmont, N.Y.) - 1 Jan 2005
Medina Marie-Jo, Greene Carolyn M, Gertz Robert E, Facklam Richard R, Jagero Geofrey, Hamel Mary, Shi Ya Ping, Slutsker Laurence, Feikin Daniel R, Beall Bernard
Abstract excerpt
In a survey of genetic diversity within penicillin-nonsusceptible pneumococcal isolates in Kenya, we examined 162 upper respiratory isolates from 104 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected adults and 46 children in a cotrimoxazole prophylaxis study. Antibiotic resistance levels were high; 152 (94.4%) were cotrimoxazole nonsusceptible (134 fully resistant) and 124 (77%) were intermediately penicillin...
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