Article
Penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in the Netherlands: results of a 1-year molecular epidemiologic survey.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Jun 1997
Hermans P W, Sluijter M, Elzenaar K, van Veen A, Schonkeren J J, Nooren F M, van Leeuwen W J, de Neeling A J, van Klingeren B, Verbrugh H A, de Groot R
Abstract excerpt
The molecular epidemiologic characteristics of penicillin-resistant pneumococci in the Netherlands were investigated in 1995. Dutch electronic surveillance data showed that 0.7% of all pneumococci were intermediately resistant and 0.4% were highly resistant to penicillin. From March 1995 to March...
Topics
- Aged
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- Bacterial Proteins
- Carrier Proteins
- Cross Infection
- Disease Outbreaks
- Genotype
- Hexosyltransferases
- Humans
- Lung Diseases, Obstructive
- Microbial Sensitivity Tests
- Molecular Epidemiology
- Muramoylpentapeptide Carboxypeptidase