Limited spread of penicillin-nonsusceptible pneumococci, Skane County, Sweden

Summary, in English

In response to increasing frequencies of penicillin-non-susceptible pneumococci (PNSP), for which the MIC of penicillin was greater than or equal to0.12 mg/L, in Sk (a) over circle ne County, southern Sweden, national recommendations were initiated in 1995 to limit the spread of pneumococci with high MICs (greater than or equal to0.5 mg/L) of penicillin (PRP), especially among children of preschool age. Traditional communicable disease control measures were combined with actions against inappropriate antimicrobial drug use. During the first 6 years that these recommendations were applied in Sk (a) over circle ne County, the average frequency of penicillin-resistant pneumococci has been stable at approximate to2.6%, as has the average PNSP frequency (7.4%). However, PNSP have been unevenly distributed in the county, with the highest frequencies in the southwest. Simultaneously, the rate of antimicrobial drug use for children <6 years of age was reduced by 20%. Thus the spread of PNSP between and within the municipalities in the county has been limited.

• Författare: Eva Melander; H B Hansson; S Molstad; K Persson; H Ringberg
• Avdelning/ar: Klinisk mikrobiologi, Malmö
• Publiceringsår: 2004
• Språk: Engelska
• Sidor: 1082-1087
• Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie: Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Volym: 10
• Issue: 6
• Länkar: http://origin.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol10no6/pdfs/03-0488.pdf
• Dokumenttyp: Artikel i tidskrift
• Förlag: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Ämne: Infectious Medicine
• Status: Published
• Forskningsgrupp: Clinical Microbiology, Malmö
• ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt: ISSN: 1080-6040