M C Demachy, F Faibis, A Artigou, C Benoit, E Cambau, A Cecille, E Chachaty, C Chaplain, P Cormier, F Cousinard, J C Decotte, D Demontrond, A Dublanchet, C Dupeyron, A Farges, B Ferre, A P Fremaux, M J Galanti, C Gallet, P Guiet, B Hacquard, M Hornstein, P Legrand, F Le Manach, N Lucet, C Malbrunot, A Mangeol, D Mathieu, G Otterbein, F Pateyron, I Poilane, J Pollet, T Rabenja, C Spicq
OBJECTIVE: The authors wanted to assess the level of Streptococcus pneumoniae antibiotic resistance in Ile de France. METHOD: In 2001, 637 clinical strains of S. pneumoniae were prospectively collected from 32 microbiology laboratories. RESULTS: Fifty one percent of strains were isolated from children under 15 years of age and 49% from adults. In children, 76% of strains came from otitis media, 20% from blood culture, in adults most strains (92%) came from blood culture...
July 2004: Médecine et Maladies Infectieuses