TY - JOUR
T1 - Bacteremia caused by a highly-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 19A circulating in a daycare center
AU - Shouval, Dror S.
AU - Porat, Nurith
AU - Dagan, Ron
AU - Keller, Nathan
AU - Bilavsky, Efraim
AU - Sivan, Yoram
AU - Amir, Jacob
PY - 2010/9
Y1 - 2010/9
N2 - We describe the clinical course of a previously healthy 20-month-old toddler admitted with high fever and leukocytosis. Blood culture grew Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 19A, belonging to the ST663 clone, highly resistant to penicillin, ceftriaxone, and erythromycin. The same clone with identical antibiogram was isolated from the nasopharynx of another three of the other five healthy children attending the same daycare center as the patient. This case exemplifies the potential problems posed by highly-resistant S. pneumoniae serotype 19A, an emerging pathogen worldwide.
AB - We describe the clinical course of a previously healthy 20-month-old toddler admitted with high fever and leukocytosis. Blood culture grew Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 19A, belonging to the ST663 clone, highly resistant to penicillin, ceftriaxone, and erythromycin. The same clone with identical antibiogram was isolated from the nasopharynx of another three of the other five healthy children attending the same daycare center as the patient. This case exemplifies the potential problems posed by highly-resistant S. pneumoniae serotype 19A, an emerging pathogen worldwide.
KW - Bacteremia
KW - Serotype
KW - Serotype 19A
KW - Streptococcus pneumoniae
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ijid.2009.06.033
DO - 10.1016/j.ijid.2009.06.033
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C2 - 20137992
AN - SCOPUS:77957361593
SN - 1201-9712
VL - 14
SP - e253-e255
JO - International Journal of Infectious Diseases
JF - International Journal of Infectious Diseases
IS - SUPPL. 3
ER -