Emergence of macrolide resistance during treatment of pneumococcal pneumonia

N Engl J Med. 2002 Feb 21;346(8):630-1. doi: 10.1056/NEJM200202213460820.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / metabolism
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Binding Sites
  • Drug Resistance, Microbial
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Humans
  • Macrolides
  • Mutation
  • Pneumonia, Pneumococcal / drug therapy*
  • Repetitive Sequences, Amino Acid
  • Streptococcus pneumoniae / genetics*
  • Streptococcus pneumoniae / isolation & purification
  • Streptococcus pneumoniae / metabolism

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Macrolides