Trends in Antimicrobial Drug Resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae Isolates at Jordan University Hospital (2000–2018)

• Published in: Antibiotics (Basel) Vol. 8; no. 2; p. 41
• Main Authors: Sallam, Malik, Abbadi, Jumana, Natsheh, Anas, Ababneh, Nidaa A., Mahafzah, Azmi, Özkaya Şahin, Gülşen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 12.04.2019; MDPI
• Subjects: antibiotic; Antiinfectives and antibacterials; Antimicrobial agents; bacteremia; Basic Medicine; Cefotaxime; Ceftriaxone; Chloramphenicol; Chloromycetin; Clindamycin; Clinical Medicine; Confidence intervals; Drug resistance; Erythromycin; Infections; Infectious Medicine; Infektionsmedicin; Jordan; Klinisk medicin; Laboratories; Levofloxacin; Medical and Health Sciences; Medicin och hälsovetenskap; Medicinska och farmaceutiska grundvetenskaper; meningitis; Microbiology in the Medical Area; Middle East; Mikrobiologi inom det medicinska området; Multidrug resistance; Penicillin; resistance; Sputum; Streptococcus pneumoniae; trend; Trend analysis; Trends; Vancomycin; Sweden; Oman; Taiwan; Middle East; antibiotic; trend; meningitis; Jordan; resistance; Streptococcus pneumoniae; bacteremia

Antimicrobial drug resistance (AMR) in pneumococci complicates the treatment of serious pneumococcal infections. Country-specific AMR patterns can help to establish guidelines for empiric therapy. The aim of the current study was to analyze the distribution of AMR among Streptococcus pneumoniae isol...