Serotyping and antibiotic resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolated from pediatric infections in central Greece.

OBJECTIVE: To determine the distribution of serogroups/serotypes and antibiotic resistance pattern of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolated from pediatric infections in central Greece. METHODS: In total, 306 S. pneumoniae strains isolated from children, aged from 18 days to 14 years (median 18 months), during a 21-month period, from different specimen sources, were studied.

Pneumococcal acute otitis media in children.

Objectives: To evaluate the clinical and laboratory findings of Streptococcus pneumoniae acute otitis media in children during a 1 year period.

Methods: From October 1995 to September 1996, 113 children aged 2 months to 14 years (median 18 months), with S. pneumoniae acute otitis media were studied.

Prevalence and patterns of resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae strains isolated from carriers attending day care centers in the area of Athens.

The prevalence and patterns of Streptococcus pneumoniae resistance to antibiotics was examined in 146 nasopharyngeal carrier strains obtained during April and May, 1997, from 382 healthy children attending eight day care centers (DCCs) in the area of Athens. Reduced susceptibility to at least one antibiotic was found in 32.6% as follows: penicillin 11.