Changing trends in antimicrobial-resistant pneumococci: it's not all bad news.
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Abstract
In the early 1990s, we witnessed a dramatic and relentless increase in multidrug-resistant pneumococci worldwide. However, there is now evidence of decreasing resistance to some antimicrobials in some regions of the world. This may well be a result of several initiatives to promote the judicious use of antimicrobials, as well as the introduction of the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, suggesting that the fight against resistance is maybe not futile.
Medical subject headings
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- Drug Resistance, Bacterial
- Pneumococcal Infections
- Streptococcus pneumoniae