{"title":"Combating drug-resistant pneumococcal infections.","authors":"J B Sanford","doi":"10.1080/21548331.1994.11443087","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Penicillin-resistant pneumococcal strains continue to spread. Some strains are also resistant to other antibiotics, including the cephalosporins. Better utilization of the 23-valent pneumococcal vaccine, which covers the serotypes responsible for 90% of pneumococcal infections, is an important step in combating resistance.</p>","PeriodicalId":77164,"journal":{"name":"Hospital practice (Office ed.)","volume":"29 10","pages":"31-6; discussion 36-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1994-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/21548331.1994.11443087","citationCount":"2","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Hospital practice (Office ed.)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21548331.1994.11443087","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Penicillin-resistant pneumococcal strains continue to spread. Some strains are also resistant to other antibiotics, including the cephalosporins. Better utilization of the 23-valent pneumococcal vaccine, which covers the serotypes responsible for 90% of pneumococcal infections, is an important step in combating resistance.