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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Streptococcus pneumoniae in Saudi Arabia: Antibiotic resistance and serotypes of recent clinical isolates
International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, Volume 23, No. 1, Year 2004
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During 2000, 154 clinical Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates were collected from or through three major hospitals serving the Western, Central, and Eastern regions of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Ninety-one (59.1%) of the 154 isolates were resistant to penicillin with 23 strains (14.9%) highly resistant. Resistance was more prevalent among isolates obtained from patients <10 years of age and from isolates cultured from blood and cerebral spinal fluid. Decreased sensitivity to ceftriaxone, erythromycin, trimethoprim- sulphamethoxazole, and levofloxacin was found in 14.9, 15.6, 9.7, and 1.3% of isolates, respectively. There were no significant differences in the resistance pattern between isolates obtained from patients in the three different geographical areas. Serotypes of 116 isolates revealed the most prevalent types to be (descending order) 4, 3, 19F, 9V, 6A, 19A, 14 and 23F, comprising 75% of all strains typed; 9.5% of isolates were nontypable. S. pneumoniae isolates from Saudi Arabia have become more resistant to penicillin and other antimicrobials over the past 20 years. © 2003 Elsevier B.V. and the International Society of Chemotherapy. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Al Memish, Ziad Ahmed
Saudi Arabia, Riyadh
King Fahad National Guard Hospital
Balkhy, Hanan H.
Saudi Arabia, Riyadh
King Fahad National Guard Hospital
Shibl, Atef Mohamed A.
Saudi Arabia, Riyadh
King Saud University
Barrozo, Christopher P.
United States, San Diego
Naval Medical Center San Diego
Gray, Gregory C.
United States, Iowa City
University of Iowa
Statistics
Citations: 62
Authors: 5
Affiliations: 4
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2003.05.008
ISSN:
09248579
Research Areas
Cancer