Antibiotics-resistance pattern and genetic type of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolated from children in Hangzhou

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the antibiotics-resistance type and molecular epidemiology of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolated from children in Hangzhou

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Veröffentlicht in:Zhonghua er ke za zhi = Chinese journal of pediatrics. - 1960. - 42(2004), 1 vom: 07. Jan., Seite 16-9
1. Verfasser: Hua, Chun-zhen (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Shang, Shi-qiang, Sun, Xiao-feng, Li, Jian-ping, Chen, Zhi-min, Yu, Xi-lin
Format: Aufsatz
Sprache:Chinese
Veröffentlicht: 2004
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Zhonghua er ke za zhi = Chinese journal of pediatrics
Schlagworte:English Abstract Journal Article Anti-Bacterial Agents Penicillins Erythromycin 63937KV33D Chloramphenicol 66974FR9Q1 Ofloxacin A4P49JAZ9H mehr... Trimethoprim AN164J8Y0X Tetracycline F8VB5M810T Cefotaxime N2GI8B1GK7 Rifampin VJT6J7R4TR
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Zusammenfassung:OBJECTIVE: To investigate the antibiotics-resistance type and molecular epidemiology of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolated from children in Hangzhou
METHODS: The sensitivities of 323 strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae to 9 antibiotics were determined in vitro by Kirby-Bauer diffuse methods, and MICs of penicillin and cefotaxime were determined by E-test methods
RESULTS: Among all 323 strains isolated from children during the period from August 2001 to July 2002, 136 strains (42.1%) were sensitive to penicillin, while 57 strains (17.7%) were penicillin-resistant. Penicillin MICs ranged from 0.012 microg/ml to 4.0 microg/ml. All the strains were sensitive to cefotaxime and its MICs ranged from 0.012 microg/ml to 4.0 microg/ml. The most resistant antibiotic was erythromycin and it's resistant-rate was as high as 90.7%, followed by tetracycline (87.6%), trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (48.6%) and chloromycetin (14.9%). Totally 197 strains (61.0%) were multi-drug-resistant pneumococci and most of them were resistant to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, erythromycin and tetracycline at the same time. Two strains (0.6%) were resistant to rifampin and none was resistant to vancomycin and ofloxacin. BOX PCR typing was carried out and no overwhelming fingerprinting pattern was found among penicillin resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae strains which were isolated from patients, while the banding patterns were always similar or identical among the strains isolated from the same specimen or from the same patient at different time, respectively
CONCLUSION: The antibiotics-resistant rate of pneumococci was high in Hangzhou, but the third-generation cephalosporins were still the best antibiotics against Streptococcus pneumoniae. One child could be infected or colonized by more than one pneumococci clone at the same or different time
Beschreibung:Date Completed 16.06.2004
Date Revised 07.06.2016
published: Print
Citation Status MEDLINE
ISSN:0578-1310