Serotype Distribution, Antimicrobial Susceptibility, and Multilocus Sequencing Type (MLST) of Streptococcus pneumoniae From Adults of Three Hospitals in Shanghai, China

Conclusions: The S. pneumoniae isolates showed high genetic diversity in Shanghai and the prevalence of antimicrobial resistance was also high among S. pneumoniae isolates, most of which were multidrug-resistant. The spread of international resistance clones might contribute to the increase of resistant isolates. The PPV23 could protect against most pneumococcal capsular serotypes causing infection of adults in Shanghai.
Source: Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology - Category: Microbiology Source Type: research