[Problematic resistance of pneumococcal antibiotic resistance].
Streptococcus pneumoniae is the most common cause of community-acquired pneumonia and it is also a common cause of sinusitis, otitis media, bacteremia and meningitis. The increasing resistance to antimicrobial agents, now endemic in many countries, reflects an uncontrolled use of antibiotics. A good antibiotics policy and vaccination are at the moment the only way to control efficaciously the increasing antibiotic resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae.
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Service de Microbiologie Médicale, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège.
Melin
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Hayette
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Christiaens
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De Mol
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D001530:Belgium / Q000453:epidemiology; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D006801:Humans; D011008:Pneumococcal Infections / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission; D011634:Public Health; D012307:Risk Factors; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000472:pathogenicity*