Has the licensing of respiratory quinolones for adults and the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV-7) for children had herd effects with respect to antimicrobial non-susceptibility in invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae?
Author(s) -
Asunción Fenoll,
L. Aguilar,
J. J. Granizo,
María-José Giménez,
Laura Aragoneses-Fenoll,
Cristina Méndez,
David Tarragó
Publication year - 2008
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/dkn413
Subject(s) - streptococcus pneumoniae , pneumococcal conjugate vaccine , medicine , conjugate vaccine , pneumococcal infections , antimicrobial , virology , microbiology and biotechnology , immunology , antibiotics , biology
The aim of the study was to analyse the evolution of antibiotic non-susceptibility in Spanish invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae after licensure of respiratory-quinolones for adults and 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV-7) for immunization of children.
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