penicillin-resistant

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• Another example is the marked increase in penicillin-resistant and multi-drug-resistant S. pneumoniae in the United States (Doern et al., 2001).

  Academic text (2003)

• Penicillin-resistant meningococcus is rare in the UK, but an alternative is cefotaxime 80 mg/kg IV or IM, which covers other bacterial diagnoses.

  Academic text (2014)

• Studies in a rabbit model of penicillin-resistant pneumococcal meningitis suggest that such a combination might be effective until susceptibility data are available.

  Academic text (1995)

• Table 3: Potential antimicrobial regimens for therapy of meningitis caused by penicillin-resistant S. pneumoniae.

  Academic text (1995)

• There are reports of successful treatment of penicillin-resistant pneumococcal meningitis with imipenem, although the proconvulsant activity of this drug limits its use.

  Academic text (1995)

• None of the S. pneumoniae isolated from these patients was penicillin-resistant, with the exception of the one patient who was classified as a treatment failure on the basis of radiologic results.

  Academic text (2006)

• Vancomycin has been evaluated in 11 adults with meningitis caused by relatively penicillin-resistant pneumococcal strains.

  Academic text (1995)

• However, penicillin-resistant aerobes and anaerobes, as well as gram-negative organisms, have also been detected in PTA cultures.

  Academic text (2005)

• For example, penicillin-induced L forms are more penicillin resistant than the normal bacilli (Landman and Halle 1963).

  Academic text (1993)

• Public health officials are concerned about the rise in cases of penicillin-resistant bacteria, which pose a challenge to treatment.

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