Open AccessReporting emerging resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae from India
Author(s) -
Kiran Chawla,
Bimala Gurung,
Chiranjay Mukhopadhyay,
Indira Bairy
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of global infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-8245
pISSN - 0974-777X
DOI - 10.4103/0974-777x.59245
Subject(s) - streptococcus pneumoniae , resistance (ecology) , medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , ecology , antibiotics
There are reports of emergence of resistant strains of S. pneumoniae showing resistance to penicillin from all over the world, and now, resistance to multiple drugs (multidrug-resistant strains) has been added to it. However, scanty reports are available so far from India, depicting such resistance.
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