TY - JOUR AU - Cho, Sun Young AU - Baek, Jin Yang AU - Kang, Cheol-In AU - Kim, So Hyun AU - Ha, Young Eun AU - Chung, Doo Ryeon AU - Lee, Nam Yong AU - Peck, Kyong Ran AU - Song, Jae-Hoon T1 - Extensively Drug-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae, South Korea, 2011–2012 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2014 VL - 20 IS - 5 SP - 869 SN - 1080-6059 AB - To better understand extensively drug resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae, we assessed clinical and microbiological characteristics of 5 extensively drug-resistant pneumococcal isolates. We concluded that long-term care facility residents who had undergone tracheostomy might be reservoirs of these pneumococci; 13- and 23-valent pneumococcal vaccines should be considered for high-risk persons; and antimicrobial drugs should be used judiciously. KW - Streptococcus pneumoniae KW - extensively drug-resistant, bacteria, Korea KW - extensively drug-resistant KW - bacteria KW - South Korea KW - antimicrobial drug resistance DO - 10.3201/eid2005.131371 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/20/5/13-1371_article ER - End of Reference