S. pneumoniaeand Viridans Infections The viridans are normal inhabitants of the body and are usually harmless; however, they can contribute to tooth decay.Streptococcus pneumoniaeis the most common cause of otitis media in children. It can also cause meningitis and pneumonia. TheS. pneumoniaediseases...
streptococcus- spherical Gram-positive bacteria occurring in pairs or chains; cause e.g. scarlet fever and tonsillitis strep,streptococci eubacteria,eubacterium,true bacteria- a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella ...
resistantpneumococci, and most strains of VRE (including thevanAandvanBphenotypes ofE. faecium). Some Gram-negative respiratory tract pathogens are covered, includingM. catarrhalis,N. meningitides, andH. influenzaeand the intracellular respiratory pathogensLegionellaspp.,Mycoplasma pneumoniae, andChlamy...
35,102 The conjunctiva has a different bacterial population to the cornea, and has a higher prevalence of gram-positive bacteria including the S. species.101 S. pneumoniae is found in 20–40% of nasopharyngeal flora,29 which is significant in the context of postintravitreal injection ...
Antimicrobial susceptibility testing of Streptococcus pneumoniae by micro-broth dilution. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 18: 579–581 (1980) 17. Toshihiko A, Shigeyoshi M, Kazuo H, Takao K, Hiroshiro S, Asao M, Shigezo U. New streptothricin-group antibiotics, AN-201 I, II, and III, II. ...
Transferability of macrolide, lincomycin, and streptogramin resistances between group A, B, and D streptococci, Streptococcus pneumoniae, and Staphylococcu... The transferability of plasmid pRI405 between various streptococci of groups A, B, and D, Streptococcus pneumoniae, and Staphylococcus aureus ...
especially Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Group A beta-hemolytic streptococci, Streptococcus agalactiae, Streptococcus viridans, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Streptococcus faecalis, Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Enterobacter sp., Salmonella sp., Shigella sp., and Hemophilus infIuenzae2–...
Streptococcus pneumoniae is a notorious Gram-positive pathogen present asymptomatically in the nasophayrnx of humans. According to the World Health Organization (W.H.O), pneumococcus causes approximately one million deaths yearly. Antibiotic resistance in S. pneumoniae is raising considerable concern ...
Which one of the following is a gram-positive bacterial species commonly causing hospital-acquired pneumonia? A. Haemophilus influenzae B. Klebsiella pneumoniae C. Staphylococcus aureus D. Chlamydophila pneumoniae Which of the following dis...
RP 59500 is a new streptogramin combination of quinupristin and dalfopristin with activity against aerobic gram-positive cocci. The present study tested the in vitro activity of RP 59500 against 481 isolates of S. pneumoniae, of which 70% were penicillin-susceptible, 23% intermediately resistant...