M Deutscher, M Lewis, ER Zell… - Clinical Infectious …, 2011 - cid.oxfordjournals.org Methods. Cases were reported through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Active Bacterial Core surveillance, an active population- and laboratory-based system. A case was defined as illness in a woman aged 15–44 years with streptococcus isolated from a ... Related articles - All 2 versions
A Marchese, S Esposito, E Coppo… - Microbial Drug …, 2011 - liebertonline.com Streptococcus pneumoniae is a leading cause of severe life-threatening infections. Laboratory identification and serotyping of this pathogens is desirable to monitor vaccine impact and coverage; however, especially in pediatric patients, the yield of traditional ... Cited by 1 - Related articles - All 2 versions
RM Mera, LA Miller, H Amrine-Madsen… - Microbial Drug …, 2011 - liebertonline.com The analysis comprised a total of 97,843 US isolates from the Surveillance Network® database for the period 1996–2008. Penicillin resistance, when defined using the old Clinical Laboratory Standards Institute breakpoint (≥ 2 μg/ml), had an initial rise that ... Related articles - All 2 versions
A Lismond, S Carbonnelle… - Journal of …, 2011 - Br Soc Antimicrob Chemo Quinolones with enhanced activity against Streptococcus pneumoniae are included as a treatment option for community-acquired pneumonia in therapeutic guidelines from both North America and Europe, 1,2 and epidemiological surveys show that resistance to levofloxacin or ... Related articles - All 6 versions
P Grohs, C Janoir, S Grondin, S Simon… - … and Infectious Disease, 2011 - Elsevier The Sirscan2000automatic MIC determination (SIR-MD) system is a new system for MIC determination based on the automatic detection of growth of bacteria spotted onto agar medium using a camera scan. To evaluate its accuracy, 3608 Streptococcus pneumoniae clinical isolates yielding ... All 3 versions