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Ramirez found that, in patients with Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteremia from a pulmonary source, there was no difference in clinical outcomes between patients who received PO switch therapy versus those who completed a course of IV only therapy after showing clinical improvement
Life-threatening infections caused by Streptococcus pyogenes (group A streptococcus) include scarlet fever, bacteremia, pneumonia, necrotizing fasciitis, myonecrosis and Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome (StrepTSS)
Pneumococcal infection is a major cause of otitis media Pneumococcal infections are caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae, a gram-positive, catalase-negative organism commonly referred to as pneumococcus
Streptococcal bloodstream infections (BSIs) contribute to significant healthcare burden and are the third most frequent cause of BSIs in population-based studies, 1 with a case-fatality rate as high as 22%
Other common bacterial causes include Haemophilus influenzae as well as atypical bacteria ( Mycoplasma pneumoniae, Chlamydia pneumoniae, and Legionella species)
This In this study, our objective was to determine whether a synergistic antimicrobial combination in vitro would be beneficial in the downregulation of pneumococcal virulence genes and whether the associated inflammation of the lung tissue induced by multidrug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae infection in vivo needs to be elucidated in order to consider
Methods: The antibacterial effects of and emergence of resistance (EoR) to moxifloxacin (400 mg once daily) or levofloxacin (750
Streptococcus pneumoniae continues to be the most common cause of vaccine-preventable death in children worldwide
Cloxacillin and clindamycin typically have less than 40% activity for S
There is a risk of death in children with both bacteremia pneumonia depending on the serotypes, and 3, 6A, 6B, 9N, 19A, 19F, and 23F are more likely to cause death a study
pneumoniae in a mixed-infection model with anaerobes are available, while community-acquired pneumonia can involve mixed-infection of Streptococcus pneumoniae and anaerobic bacteria
pneumoniae were evaluated in the study
Other common pathogens include Haemophilus influenzae , the atypical bacteria (Mycoplasma pneumoniae , Chlamydia pneumoniae , and Legionella spp), oropharyngeal aerobes and anaerobes (in the setting of aspiration), and respiratory viruses