Penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in a Jamaican patient with homozygous sickle-cell disease.
Penicillin prophylaxis against infection by Streptococcus pneumoniae is now routine in young children with homozygous sickle-cell (SS) disease and the emergence of penicillin-resistant strains is a serious clinical concern. The first death associated with such resistance in a Jamaican child with SS disease is reported.
Wierenga
K J
KJ
Dept. of Microbiology, University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica.
Moosdeen
F
F
Thomas
S
S
Serjeant
G R
GR
D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000150:complications*; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000150:complications*; D002648:Child; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007563:Jamaica; D010403:Penicillin Resistance; D011008:Pneumococcal Infections / Q000150:complications*; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae