Emerging Infectious Disease ISSN: 1080-6059

Community Prescribing and Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae

Galia Barkai*, David Greenberg*, Noga Givon-Lavi*, Eli Dreifuss†, Daniel Vardy†, and Ron Dagan*

Author affiliations: *Soroka University Medical Center and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel; †Israel General Health Insurance Plan, Beer-Sheva, Israel

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Proportions of penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae isolated during episodes of acute otitis media in Bedouin and Jewish children <5 years of age in southern Israel from 1999 through 2003. Pen-MIC, penicillin MIC (μg/mL); Pen-NS, penicillin-nonsusceptible.

Figure 2. . Proportions of penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae isolated during episodes of acute otitis media in Bedouin and Jewish children <5 years of age in southern Israel from 1999 through 2003. Pen-MIC, penicillin MIC (μg/mL); Pen-NS, penicillin-nonsusceptible.

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