[A child with pneumonia caused by a multiresistant pneumococcus].
Strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae resistant to penicillin have not previously been reported in The Netherlands. Now we have to report the isolation in November 1988 of a multiresistant pneumococcus (minimal inhibitory concentration 2 mg/l) from sputum of a three-year-old child from Poland. We advise isolating patients from abroad (Spain, Poland) in hospital and checking their bacteriological status to prevent introduction of penicillin resistant pneumococci into the Dutch population.
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Wilhelmina Kinderziekenhuis, Laboratorium voor Microbiologie, Utrecht.
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D002675:Child, Preschool; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D011018:Pneumonia, Pneumococcal / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae / Q000187:drug effects*; D015662:Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination / Q000627:therapeutic use
D015662:Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination
Een patiëntje met pneumonie veroorzaakt door multiresistente pneumokokken.