What is antibiotic-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae?
In the 1940s, penicillin antibiotics became available and were used effectively to treat pneumococcal infections. During the 1960s, however, the first pneumococcal bacteria that were not susceptible (“resistant”) to penicillin were discovered in humans. Since then, penicillin resistant pneumococcal bacteria have been reported all over the world. By the late 1970s, pneumococci that were resistant to other types of antibiotics in addition to penicillins were reported. These “multidrug resistant” pneumococci have now been reported all over the world. >> Read more at National Center for Infectious Disease Further information about antibiotic-resistant S. pneumoniae can be found at CDC Get Smart – General Information about Antibiotic Resistance Further information on the mechanisms of acquired resistance among pneumococcal organisms can be found by searching CDC database. Every day, fifty Americans die from MRSA because hospitals arent doing enough to protect patients from these deadly infe
