Chloramphenicol-resistant bacterial meningitis in Malawi.
Three recent cases of chloramphenicol-resistant pyogenic meningitis are reported from Malawi. The implications of the emergence of antibiotic-resistant strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae type b causing childhood meningitis are discussed.
Graham
S M
SM
Department of Paediatrics, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Blantyre, Malawi.
Brewster
D R
DR
Malisita
K
K
Kauye
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F
Machili
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C
Subramanyam
V R
VR
D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002702:Chloramphenicol Resistance; D005260:Female; D006193:Haemophilus influenzae / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008295:Malawi; D008297:Male; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000382:microbiology*; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae / Q000187:drug effects