Nutritionally Variant Streptococcal Infections at a University Hospital in Taiwan: Disease Emergence and High Prevalence of β‐Lactam and Macrolide Resistance | Zendy

ChungHsin Liao | Zendy; LeeJene Teng | Zendy; PoRen Hsueh | Zendy; YuChi Chen | Zendy; LiMin Huang | Zendy; ShanChwen Chang | Zendy; ShenWu Ho | Zendy

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Nutritionally Variant Streptococcal Infections at a University Hospital in Taiwan: Disease Emergence and High Prevalence of β‐Lactam and Macrolide Resistance

Author(s) -

ChungHsin Liao,

LeeJene Teng,

PoRen Hsueh,

YuChi Chen,

LiMin Huang,

ShanChwen Chang,

ShenWu Ho

Publication year - 2004

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/381098

Subject(s) - medicine , cefotaxime , azithromycin , bacteremia , infective endocarditis , penicillin , endocarditis , antibiotics , microbiology and biotechnology , biology

From January 1993 to December 2002, 28 patients with nutritionally variant streptococci (NVS) infections were treated at a university hospital in Taiwan. Twelve (43%) of these patients had various underlying malignancies, and 7 (25%) had underlying valvular heart diseases. Nine patients (32%) had infective endocarditis, and 9 (32%) had primary bacteremia. The deaths of 7 patients (25%) were directly related to NVS infection. Among the 28 isolates recovered from these patients, 50% were not susceptible to penicillin, 33% were not susceptible to cefotaxime, and 93% were not susceptible to azithromycin.

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