Tag: Pneumococcal
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Streptococcus pneumoniae
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HISTORY: Isolated from saliva in 1880 by Pastor S. pneumoniae remains, despite its sensitivity to antibiotics, the first place among the causes of infectious disease death in developed countries. The discovery in 1910 of the various serotypes of S. pneumoniae had allowed the use of specific antisera which were the first effective treatment of pneumococcal…
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Purulent Meningitis
– Newborn: Escherichia coli (40%); Strep B; Listeria – Children <6 years: Haemophilus influenzae; meningitis; pneumococcus – Adult and E> 6 years: meningococcal; pneumococcus – Subject> 50: meningococcal; pneumococcal; Listeria; BGN. * Antibiotics that cross the brain barrier are cephalosporins; aminopenicillins; penicillin G; the phenicols and sulfonamides. * If asplenia (splenectomy, sickle cell anemia), two…
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