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Penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae

      Without causing harm, Streptococcus pneumoniae, also called pneumococcus, is a type of bacteria found in the nose and throat of adults and healthy children. The pneumococcus, other diseases and chronic lung disease, such as kidney disease or severe heart existing, young children, the most frequently occurring in people and the elderly. Those without spleen people who are addicted to alcohol, people with diabetes people, and people with weakened immune system is included in people at risk. Can cause a blood infection or, (infection of the lining of the brain) pneumonia, meningitis bacteria Streptococcus pneumoniae. It is to prevent pneumonia caused by S. pneumoniae, to obtain impact called main ways to "pneumococcal vaccine" When people develop the infection, I will explain the form of penicillin antibiotic. There is an increase in the number of bacteria pneumococci can not be killed by penicillin. This is called the PRSP or penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae. Patients infected with penicillin-resistant bacteria, which means that it must be treated with more expensive, and other antibiotics.

 an image of the Penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteria

    S. pneumonia, asymptomatic resident in the nasopharynx of healthy carriers. However, it is possible in person, sensitive, such as children or a person with a compromised immune system and the elderly such, to spread to cause disease and other regions pathogen. Meningitis and community-acquired pneumonia, in adults and children in HIV-infected patients, S. pneumoniae is a leading cause of sepsis as well. Despite its name, organism causes many types of pneumococcal infections than pneumonia. Acute sinusitis, otitis media, conjunctivitis, meningitis, bacteremia, sepsis, osteomyelitis, septic arthritis, endocarditis, peritonitis, pericarditis, cellulitis, invasive pneumococcal disease, these brain I include the abscess. S. pneumoniae is one of the most common causes of bacterial meningitis in young people and adults of Neisseria meningitidis, and is a leading cause of bacterial meningitis in adults in the United States.

      Moreover, the two most isolated seen in ear infections, which is one of otitis media. Pneumococcal pneumonia is very young, elderly person is common. The S. pneumoniae, case optochin are distinguished pneumonia can be distinguished from Streptococcus viridans, some of which also use S., test optochin is a α-hemolytic. Could be identified on the basis of sensitivity to lysis by bile Encapsulation (". Tests, dissolution bile so-called"), bacteria Gram-positive cocci, "Lancet form has the form of a Gram stain unique S. pneumoniae so-called "diplococcus. They have a polysaccharide capsule, which acts as a virulence factor for the organism, are known different serotypes of 90 or more, the toxicity of these types of distribution, and the degree of drug resistance are different.

an image of the Penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteria in a lab

     

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