Streptococcus Pneumoniae Risk Factor

Antibiotic Use May Be Increasing Refractory Baltimore Infections

Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, January 8th, 2002

by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Antibiotic overuse may be contributing to the rising incidence of drug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae infection in Baltimore, researchers warn.

Bernadette A. Albanese and colleagues at Johns Hopkins University and the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene in Baltimore, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, and the University of Pittsburgh "examined the epidemiology of invasive penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae (PRSP) infections among residents of the Baltimore metropolitan area from 1995 through 1997."

They found evidence implicating seasonal...

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