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Epidemiology of penicillin-non-susceptible pneumococci in Iceland, 1995-2010

Author(s) -

Martha Á. Hjálmarsdóttir,

Karl G. Kristinsson

Publication year - 2013

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/dkt470

Subject(s) - penicillin , medicine , epidemiology , streptococcus pneumoniae , vaccination , pneumococcal infections , antimicrobial , virology , microbiology and biotechnology , antibiotics , biology

The first penicillin-non-susceptible pneumococci (PNSP) were identified in Iceland in 1988. A rapid increase followed, associated with expansion of a single multiresistant clone, Spain(6B)-2, peaking at 19.8% in 1993. After interventions led to reduced antimicrobial use in children, the prevalence of PNSP decreased until 1995. The aim of this study was to follow the evolution of PNSP from 1995 to 2010, the period preceding the introduction of conjugated pneumococcal vaccines into the vaccination programme.

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