Clinical outcomes of pneumococcal pneumonia caused by antibiotic-resistant strains in Asian countries: a study by the Asian network for surveillance of resistant pathogens

• Main Authors: Song, Jae Hoon, Jung, Sook In, Ki, Hyun Kyun, Shin, Myung Hee, Ko, Kwan Soo, Son, Jun Seong, Chang, Hyun Ha, Kim, Shin Woo, Lee, Hyuck, Kim, Yeon Sook, Oh, Won Sup, Peck, Kyong Ran, Chongthaleong, Anan, Lalitha, Mukkai Kesavan, Perera, Jennifer, Yee, Ti Teow, Jamal, Farida, Kamarulzaman, Adeeba, Carlos, Celia Carpio, So, Thomas Man Kit
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Infectious Diseases Society of America 2004
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/40244/1/Clinical%20outcomes%20of%20pneumococcal%20pneumonia%20caused%20by%20antibiotic-resistant%20strains%20in%20Asian%20countries.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/40244/; http://cid.oxfordjournals.org/content/38/11/1570.abstract

To evaluate the clinical outcomes of pneumococcal pneumonia caused by antibiotic-resistant strains in Asian countries, we performed a prospective observational study of 233 cases of adult pneumococcal pneumonia in 9 Asian countries from January 2000 to June 2001. Among 233 isolates, 128 (55%) were n...