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Case Reports
. 1992 May;14(5):1140-1.
doi: 10.1093/clinids/14.5.1140.

A case of bacteremia due to resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae

S Rahman  1 , M A Smith, P Alperstein, K France
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Case Reports

A case of bacteremia due to resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae

S Rahman et al. Clin Infect Dis. 1992 May.

Abstract

Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates with varying degrees of resistance to penicillin have been described. Strains that are highly resistant to penicillin (MIC, greater than 1 microgram/mL) and that are resistant to multiple antibiotics have been reported primarily in South Africa and Spain. We report a case of an adult patient with bacteremia due to S. pneumoniae that was highly resistant to penicillin (MIC, 4 micrograms/mL) and resistant to erythromycin, clindamycin, chloramphenicol, and co-trimoxazole who was successfully treated with vancomycin.

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