"Invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae with High Level Penicillin and Cephalosporin Resistance at a Southern California Medical Center."

According to an abstract submitted by the authors to either the Southern Regional Meeting, the Western Regional Meeting or the Eastern Regional Meeting of the American Federation for Medical Research, held February 5-7, 1997, in New Orleans, Louisiana; Carmel, California; and Atlantic City, New Jersey, respectively, "The emergence of resistant strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae complicate the management of invasive disease caused by these organisms. Determination of the regional percentage of pneumococcal isolates resistant to penicillin and cephalosporins is important in deriving treatment strategies. Pneumococcal isolates from blood and cerebrospinal fluid were identified as...

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