Streptococcus pneumoniae: resistencia antibiótica y serotipos en un periodo de dos años / Streptococcus pneumoniae: Antibiotic resistance and serotypes in a two-year period
Rev. esp. quimioter
; 18(3): 217-221, jul.-sept. 2005. tab, graf
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RESUMEN
Streptococcus pneumoniae es el principal agente etiológico en la neumonía extrahospitalaria, la meningitis en adultos y la otitis media agudaen los niños. Nuestro objetivo ha sido determinar la resistencia antibiótica y los serotipos de las cepas de S. pneumoniae aisladas en nuestromedio. Se evaluaron un total de 83 cepas en un periodo de dos años. El 41% correspondieron a muestras procedentes de infeccionesinvasoras. El 47% de las cepas fueron resistentes a la penicilina, el 42,1% a la eritromicina, el 16,8% a la cefotaxima, el 34,9% a la tetraciclinay el 16,8% al cloranfenicol. Todas las cepas estudiadas fueron sensibles a la vancomicina. Se encontraron 28 serotipos diferentes. Losserotipos 19, 6, 9, 23, 3, 15 y NT fueron los más frecuentes. Las cepas de S. pneumoniae que presentan mayor porcentaje de resistencia ala penicilina pertenecen al serotipo 19. Las cepas multirresistentes pertenecen a los serotipos 19, 6, 23 y NT
ABSTRACT
Streptococcus pneumoniae is the main etiologic agent in community-acquired pneumonia, meningitis in adults and acute medium otitis inchildren. Our aim was to study antimicrobial susceptibility and serotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae strains isolated in our medium. Weevaluated 83 strains in a period of two years 41% of the strains were invasive, and 47% of the strains were resistant to penicillin, 42.1% toerythromycin, 16.8% to cefotaxime, 34.9% to tetracycline and 16.8% to chloranphenicol. All studied strains were susceptible to vancomycin.We found 28 different serotypes. The most frequently found serotypes were 19, 6, 9, 23, 3, 15, and NT. The S. pneumoniae strains whichshowed the highest penicillin resistance belong to serotype 19. Multiresistant strains belong to serotypes 19, 6, 23 and NT
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Collection:
National databases
/
Spain
Health context:
Neglected Diseases
Health problem:
Zoonoses
Database:
IBECS
Main subject:
Pneumococcal Infections
/
Streptococcus pneumoniae
/
Drug Resistance, Bacterial
Limits:
Humans
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Rev. esp. quimioter
Year:
2005
Document type:
Article
Institution/Affiliation country:
Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía/España