Emergence of a Streptococcus pneumoniae isolate resistant to streptogramins by mutation in ribosomal protein L22 during pristinamycin therapy of pneumococcal pneumonia | Zendy

Vincent Cattoir | Zendy; Lilia Merabet | Zendy; Patrick Legrand | Zendy; Claude–James Soussy | Zendy; Roland Leclercq | Zendy

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Emergence of a Streptococcus pneumoniae isolate resistant to streptogramins by mutation in ribosomal protein L22 during pristinamycin therapy of pneumococcal pneumonia

Author(s) -

Vincent Cattoir,

Lilia Merabet,

Patrick Legrand,

Claude–James Soussy,

Roland Leclercq

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124

H-Index - 194

eISSN - 1460-2091

pISSN - 0305-7453

DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkm041

Subject(s) - streptococcus pneumoniae , microbiology and biotechnology , pneumonia , pneumococcal infections , streptococcaceae , biology , pneumococcal pneumonia , medicine , virology , antibiotics

The aim of this study was to characterize the mechanism of resistance to macrolides and streptogramins of a Streptococcus pneumoniae strain isolated from blood cultures in an 80-year-old patient suffering from severe pneumonia unsuccessfully treated with pristinamycin.

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