Open AccessSurgical wound infection caused by a multi drug resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae Serotype 19A after a total coloproctectomy with ileostomy
Author(s) -
Néhémie Nzoyikorera,
Khalid Zerouali,
Idrissa Diawara,
Khalid Katfy,
Fakhreddine Maaloum,
K. Sylvestre,
Bahija Zaki,
Farid Chehab,
Houria Belabbès,
Naima Elmdaghri
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the pan african medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.287
H-Index - 30
ISSN - 1937-8688
DOI - 10.11604/pamj.2020.35.97.19128
Subject(s) - medicine , streptococcus pneumoniae , meningitis , serotype , pneumonia , otitis , bacteremia , microbiology and biotechnology , sinusitis , antibiotics , surgery , immunology , biology
Streptococcus pneumoniae (S. pneumoniae) colonizes asymptomatically the human nasopharynx. This pathogen is responsible for sinusitis, otitis media, pneumonia, bacteremia and meningitis. We report the case of a 35-year-old female patient who developed a surgical wound infection by a multi drug resistant S. pneumoniae serotype 19A after a total coloprotectomy. This first found in Morocco shows the implication of multidrug resistant S. pneumoniae in surgical wound infections.