Meningitis caused by a penicillin- and chloramphenicol-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae.
We report here a case of a five-month-old infant with pneumococcal meningitis, which was both penicillin- and chloramphenicol-resistant, and the difficulties that arose, both in the laboratory diagnosis of the resistance and in the therapy of this infection.
Collignon
P J
PJ
Woden Valley Hospital, ACT.
Bell
J
J
Hufton
I W
IW
Mitchell
D
D
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002702:Chloramphenicol Resistance; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008586:Meningitis, Pneumococcal / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D010403:Penicillin Resistance; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents