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Archivos Venezolanos de Puericultura y Pediatría ISSN: 0004-0649 [email protected] Sociedad Venezolana de Puericultura y Pediatría Venezuela Valery, Francisco; Miranda, Myriam; Espósito, Analisa; Maggi, Graciela; Spadola, Enza RESISTENCIAA PENICILINA Y CEFALOSPORINAS DE TERCERA GENERACIÓN EN CEPAS DE STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE. Archivos Venezolanos de Puericultura y Pediatría, vol. 68, núm. 4, octubre-diciembre, 2005, pp. 177-185 Sociedad Venezolana de Puericultura y Pediatría Caracas, Venezuela Available in: http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=367935531006 Abstract Introduction: Streptococcus pneumoniae continues being the bacteria that causes the biggest number of community acquired infections. At the present, Streptococcus pneumoniae strains can be resistant to multiple drugs, being the prevalence of resistant pneumococcus to Penicillin very high in developed and developing countries. Some of them can also be resistant to third generation cephalosporines. Objectives: To know the prevalence of resistant pneumococcus to Penicillin and third generation cephalosporines which are responsible for invasive illnesses in Hospital de Niños “J M de los Ríos”. Results: 17,86% of Pneumococcus are resistant to Penicillin by Kirby-Bauer Method. Conclusion: 40% of the strains sent to Instituto Nacional de Higiene were resistant to Penicillin by Inhibitory Concentration Method, but none of them were resistant to third generation cephalosporines. Keywords Streptococcus pneumoniae, bacterial resistance, Penicillin. How to cite Complete issue More information about this article Journal's homepage in redalyc.org Scientific Information System Network of Scientific Journals from Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal Non-profit academic project, developed under the open access initiative