Emerging Infectious Diseases (Jan 2011)

Serotype Distribution and Drug Resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae, Palestinian Territories

  • Randa Kattan,
  • Amal Abu Rayyan,
  • Inas Zheiman,
  • Suzan Idkeidek,
  • Sabri Baraghithi,
  • Nabeel Rishmawi,
  • Sultan Turkuman,
  • Afaf Abu-Diab,
  • Riyad Ghneim,
  • Madeleine Zoughbi,
  • Rula Dauodi,
  • Raed Ghneim,
  • Abed-El-Razeq Issa,
  • Issa Siryani,
  • Randa Al Qas,
  • Rawan Liddawi,
  • Hatem Khamash,
  • Moein Kanaan,
  • Hiyam Marzouqa,
  • Musa Y. Hindiyeh

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1701.100886
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 17, no. 1
pp. 94 – 96

Abstract

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To determine antimicrobial drug resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes, we analyzed isolates from blood cultures of sick children residing in the West Bank before initiation of pneumococcal vaccination. Of 120 serotypes isolated, 50.8%, 73.3%, and 80.8% of the bacteremia cases could have been prevented by pneumococcal conjugate vaccines. Serotype 14 was the most drug-resistant serotype isolated.

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