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Combating drug-resistant pneumococcal infections
1University of Texas Southwestern Medical School.
Hospital Practice (Office Ed.)
|October 15, 1994
Abstract:
Penicillin-resistant pneumococcal strains continue to spread. Some strains are also resistant to other antibiotics, including the cephalosporins. Better utilization of the 23-valent pneumococcal vaccine, which covers the serotypes responsible for 90% of pneumococcal infections, is an important step in combating resistance.