High Prevalence of Penicillin-Nonsusceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae at a Community Hospital in Oklahoma

During 1997, Oklahoma City's Hospital A reported penicillin-nonsusceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae in almost 67% of isolates. To confirm this finding, all Hospital A S. pneumoniae isolates from October 23, 1997, through February 19, 1998, were tested for antibiotic susceptibility and repeat-te...

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Main Authors: Ronald L. Moolenaar, Ronda Pasley-Shaw, John R. Harkess, Anthony Lee, James M. Crutcher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2000-06-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/6/3/00-0308_article