Article
Pneumococci can persistently colonize adult patients with chronic respiratory disease.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Dec 2012
Domenech A, Ardanuy C, Balsalobre L, Marti S, Calatayud L, De la Campa A G, Brueggemann A B, Liñares J
Abstract excerpt
Streptococcus pneumoniae plays an important role in causing acute exacerbations in patients with chronic respiratory disease. However, few data are available regarding pneumococcal persistence in adult patients with chronic respiratory diseases. Fifty pneumococci recovered from sputum samples (1995 to 2010) from 13 adult patients with ≥ 3 episodes of acute exacerbation or pneumonia, with the same serotype and...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- Bacterial Proteins
- Carrier State
- Chronic Disease
- DNA Fingerprinting
- Drug Resistance, Bacterial
- Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
- Female
- Fluoroquinolones
