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Review
. 2005 Aug 15:41 Suppl 4:S228-33.
doi: 10.1086/430782.

Changing trends in antimicrobial-resistant pneumococci: it's not all bad news

Donald E Low  1
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Changing trends in antimicrobial-resistant pneumococci: it's not all bad news

Donald E Low. Clin Infect Dis. .

Abstract

In the early 1990s, we witnessed a dramatic and relentless increase in multidrug-resistant pneumococci worldwide. However, there is now evidence of decreasing resistance to some antimicrobials in some regions of the world. This may well be a result of several initiatives to promote the judicious use of antimicrobials, as well as the introduction of the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, suggesting that the fight against resistance is maybe not futile.

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