[Pneumococcal antibiotic resistance. Data from 6 regional registries for 1999].
RESISTANCE BY REGION: Resistance varied greatly by region, ranging from 34.2% resistant strains in Alsace to 63.1% in Brittany. The incidence of resistant strains was always higher in children (especially in children aged 1 to 5 years) and in ENT samples. The time course of resistance has varied between regions, as has that of serotypes. CRUCIAL FINDING: In these 6 regions, and despite a high incidence (that varied from one region to another) of reduced susceptibility strains for penicillin G, amoxicillin (19-32%) and cefotaxime (6.5-18.5%), amoxicillin-cefotaxime resistant strains remained very rare (0.2-3.5%).
P Y
PY
Donnio
J
J
Cottin
A
A
Péchinot
R
R
Bauriaud
M
M
Roussel-Delvallez
V
V
Murbach
D017677:Age Distribution; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D011008:Pneumococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D011159:Population Surveillance / Q000379:methods; D012042:Registries; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012703:Serotyping; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae / Q000145:classification; D013997:Time Factors