Sensitivity pattern of streptococcus pneumoniae among pre-school childhood carriers

• Main Authors: Malik, Alam Sher, Ismail, Asma
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Subjects: RA643-645 Disease (Communicable and noninfectious) and public health
• Online Access: http://eprints.usm.my/42639/1/GP...Sentiviti_Pattern_Of_Streptococcus_Pneumoniae_Among_Pre-School_Childhood_Carriers...OCR..pdf; http://eprints.usm.my/42639/

Streptococcus pneumoniae (S.pneuinoniae) is the most common bacterial cause of pneumonia, meningitis and otitis media, with the highest incidence among young children and the elderly. S.pneumoniae was once considered to be routinely susceptible to penicillin, but since the mid-1980s the incidence o...