Antimicrobial resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae, Taiwan. (Synopsis).
From: Emerging Infectious Diseases
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Date: 12/1/2002
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Author: Hsueh, Po-Ren; Luh, Kwen-Tay
Taiwan has one of the highest levels of antibiotic-resistant pneumococcus in the world. Pneumococcal isolates not susceptible to penicillin first appeared in Taiwan in 1986; in 1995 an increase in the prevalence of nonsusceptibility to penicillins, extended-spectrum cephalosporins, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, and macrolides as well as multidrug resistance began to be recognized. With the persistence of antibiotic selective pressure, resistance in some antibiotics reached a high ...
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