Antimicrobial Susceptibility/Resistance of Streptococcus Pneumoniae
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22320376 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Emina Karcic (University of Zenica), Mufida Aljicevic (University of Sarajevo), Sabaheta Bektas (0000-0002-6894-1937, Public Health Institute of the Republic of Srpska), Bekir Karcic (University of Sarajevo) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 180 |
| Publication date | 2015-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Materia Socio Medica (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1512-7680 • E-ISSN: 1986-597X |
| Publisher | ScopeMed (PUBLISHER • TR) |
| DOI | 10.5455/msm.2015.27.180-184 |
| PMID | 26236165 |
| PMCID | PMC4499292 |
| OpenAlex | W1500417181 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 1 |
INTRODUCTION: Pneumococcal infections are a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, whose treatment is threatened with an increase in the number of strains resistant to antibiotic therapy. GOAL: The main goal of this research was to investigate the presence of antimicrobial susceptibility/resistance of S. pneumoniae. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Taken are swabs of the nose and nasopharynx, eye and ear. In vitro tests that were made in order to study the antimicrobial resistance of pneumococci are: disk diffusion method and E-test. RESULTS: The resistance to inhibitors of cell wall synthesis was recorded at 39.17%, protein synthesis inhibitors 19.67%, folate antagonists 47.78% and quinolone in 1.11%. S. pneumoniae has shown drug resistance to erythromycin in 45%, clindamycin in 45%, chloramphenicol-0.56%, rifampicin-6.11%, tetracycline-4.67%, penicillin-G in 4.44%, oxacillin in 73.89%, ciprofloxacin in 1.11% and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole in 5.34% of cases. CONCLUSION: The highest resistance pneumococcus showed to erythromycin, clindamycin and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole and these should be avoided in the treatment. The least resistance pneumococcus showed to tetracycline, rifampicin, chloramphenicol, penicillin-G and ciprofloxacin
Antibiotic resistance · Antibiotics · Antimicrobial · Biology · Ciprofloxacin · Clindamycin · Erythromycin · Penicillin · Rifampicin · Streptococcus pneumoniae · Sulfamethoxazole · Trimethoprim · Medicine · Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment · Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections · Sinusitis and nasal conditions · Microbiology
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,25 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |