Streptococcus pneumoniae

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Objective. To determine the minimum inhibitory concentrations of thiamphenicol and thiamphenicol glycinate acetylcysteinate against clinically significant microorganisms and determine their efficacy against microbial biofilms. Materials and Methods. This study included 48 clinical strains isolated from the sputum of patients with respiratory tract infections (16 S. pneumoniae, K. pneumoniae and S. aureus strains). Antimicrobial susceptibility testing was performed using broth microdilution method. Biofilm formation culturing with antibiotics, N-acetylcysteine and their combinations was assessed in Mueller-Hinton broth and brain heart broth in 96-well plates.

Objective. To determine in vitro activity of oral III generation cephalosporin cefpodoxime against clinical isolates of Haemophilus influenzae, Streptococcus pneumoniae and Streptococcus pyogenes isolated from patients with community-acquired respiratory tract infections in different regions of the Russian Federation. Materials and Methods. The study included isolates of bacterial pathogens of community-acquired respiratory tract infections isolated from outpatients and hospitalized patients in different regions of the Russian Federation. A total of 558 isolates were included in the study, including 184 isolates of H.

Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines contain a limited number of serotype-specific antigens of S. pneumoniae. It is important for vaccination programmes effectiveness assessment to control a variety of circulating S. pneumoniae serotypes. This review …

Objective. To determine in vitro activity of thiamphenicol and other clinically available antimicrobials against clinical isolates of Haemophilus influenzae, Streptococcus pneumoniae and Streptococcus pyogenes. Materials and Methods. We included in the study 875 clinical isolates from 20 Russian cities during 2018–2019. Among tested strains, 126 were H. influenzae, 389 – S. pneumoniae, 360 – S. pyogenes. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing was performed using broth microdilution method according to ISO 20776-1:2006. AST results were interpreted according to EUCAST v.

The review discusses national clinical practice guidelines for pneumococcal vaccination in different countries, existing approaches to adult immunization, and highlights key results of the most significant clinical studies and metaanalyses on the …

Objective. To evaluate antimicrobial resistance patterns of clinical Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates from different regions of Russia during 2014–2017. Materials and Methods. We included in the study 519 clinical S. pneumoniae isolates from 18 Russian cities. Susceptibility testing was performed by reference broth microdilution method (ISO 20776-1:2006). Susceptibility testing results were interpreted according to EUCAST v.9.0 breakpoints. Results. Using EUCAST non-meningeal interpretation criteria, 65.1% of isolates tested were susceptible (S) to penicillin; in addition 28.

Objective. To study antimicrobial susceptibility of Streptococcus pneumoniae clinical isolates obtained from the patients with community-acquired pneumonia in the Central Kazakhstan. Materials and Methods. A total of 186 clinical strains of S. pneumoniae were obtained from the patients with respiratory tract infections in the Central Kazakhstan over the period of 2012–2017. Antimicrobial susceptibility was determined by disk-diffusion method. The isolation and identification of pathogens was performed by routine methods. Antimicrobial (oxacillin, vancomycin, clindamycin, azithromycin, chloramphenicol, tetracycline, rifampin, levofloxacin, linezolid, trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole) susceptibility testing was performed and interpreted according to CLSI criteria (M100-24).

Objective. To study antibiotic resistance and its association with serotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolated from hospitalized children with community-acquired ENT infections in Belarus during 2013-2016 and to analyze a potential for the use of different antibiotic classes in the treatment of those infections. Materials and Methods. A total of 115 strains isolated from children with acute otitis media and 18 strains isolated from children with acute rhinosinusitis were tested. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing was performed by a broth microdilution method.

After the introduction of the conjugated 7-valent pneumococcal vaccine (PCV7) the incidence of infections, caused by non-vaccine serotypes of S. pneumoniae, especially by 19А serotype, significantly increased. But in few countries similar phenomenon …