SP006 Antimicrobial-susceptibility profile of Streptococcus pneumoniae strains obtained of patients attended in a Hospital of Campinas, Brazil

Abstract

Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus) is one of the most common causes of pneumonia, meningitis and sepsis in infants, children and adults, responsible for elevated morbidity and mortality indexes, particularly in developing countries. The treatment for pneumococcal diseases is based on antibiotical therapy which, in gerenal, is empiric about ethiology and in vitro antimicrobial susceptibility. Since that the epidemiology of the pneumococcal disease varies according to region and through time, periodical evaluations of the antimicrobial resistence make necessary for a better therapeutic orientation and control strategies definitions.