6/19/2009
Streptococcus pneumoniae 19A is a new "superbug" that is resistant to all Food and Drug Administration-approved antimicrobial drugs for treatment of acute otitis media (ear infection) in children.
In a new study, Serotype 19A accounted for 40% of the isolates and has emerged as the major serotype causing ear infections in children. Eight (50%) of the 16 isolates of 19A were highly penicillin resistant, and 8 others were also multidrug resistant.
Bonnie - I have been screaming to the mountaintops about the overuse of antibiotics for ear infections because of this very issue.
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