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Title: | Nutritionally Variant Streptococcal Infections at a University Hospital in Taiwan: Disease Emergence and High Prevalence of Beta-Lactam and Macrolide Resistance | Authors: | LIAO, CHUN-HSIN,TENG, LEE-JENE HSUEH, PO-REN CHEN, YU-CHI HUANG, LI-MIN CHANG, SHAN-CHWEN HO, SHEN-WU 鄧麗珍 |
Issue Date: | 2004 | Journal Volume: | v.38 | Journal Issue: | n.3 | Start page/Pages: | 452-455 | Source: | CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES | Abstract: | From January 1993 to December 2002, 28 patients with nutritionally variant streptococci (NVS) infections were treated at a university hospital in Taiwan. Twelve (43%) of these patients had various underlying malignancies, and 7 ( 25%) had underlying valvular heart diseases. Nine patients ( 32%) had infective endocarditis, and 9 (32%) had primary bacteremia. The deaths of 7 patients (25%) were directly related to NVS infection. Among the 28 isolates recovered from these patients, 50% were not susceptible to penicillin, 33% were not susceptible to cefotaxime, and 93% were not susceptible to azithromycin. |
URI: | http://ntur.lib.ntu.edu.tw//handle/246246/88374 |
Appears in Collections: | 醫學系 |
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