streptococcus pneumoniae infection การใช้

• Streptococcus pneumoniae infections kill approximately 1 million children under age 5 worldwide each year.
• The CDC and researchers in Atlanta, Baltimore and Toronto looked at 228 patients with invasive pneumococcal disease-- Streptococcus pneumoniae infections-- and at 301 people without the disease.
• _A new vaccine known as Prevnar, approved by the Food and Drug Administration and recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics, protects against seven strains of streptococcus pneumoniae infections _ the primary bacterial cause of ear infections _ in children.
• The researchers also found that 26 percent of the patients had streptococcus pneumoniae infections that were resistant to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole; 15 percent had infections resistant to erythromycin; 9 percent were resistant to cefotaxime; and 25 percent resisted multiple drugs.