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What is DRSP DRSP stands for drug-resistant Streptococcus

pneumonia.?, Bacteria that has

resistance, at least one drug that is commonly used for

pneumococcal infection. antibiotic that

DRSP is often resistant to penicillin, but

DRSP may also be resistant to other antibiotics, as

well, including:.

As people affected by the DRSP DRSP can affect people in two different ways of colonization or infection When a person performs

DRSP as part of his or her usual present bacteria (also known as normal flora), the man said to be colonized. If a person has an infection caused by the

to strattera cost DRSP, a person is infected. How common infections caused by Streptococcus pneumonia? pneumoniae infections are among the leading >> << causes worldwide of illness and death for young children

, people with concomitant debilitating >> << diseases and the elderly. Every year

The United States, pneumococcal infections are estimated to account for

:

3000 cases 50,000 cases

bacteremia (blood infection)

How DRSP transferred from person to person? most common ways DRSP spread has been

large respiratory droplets (eg coughing or sneezing)

or by direct contact from person to person. People

carry pneumococcus, as part of their normal flora >> << can spread infection to others, never

feeling bad. How can you stop DRSP spread from person to person? the same methods that would prevent the spread >> << pneumococcal infection is effective in preventing the spread

DRSP. detection and treatment

persons engaged pneumococcus There vaccine that protects against

23 most common serotypes pneumococcus.

Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices

, (ACIP) recommends the vaccine will enter people

2-years and older >> << with certain underlying medical condition

associated with an increased risk of pneumococcal >> ; << disease and its complications, and all the people >> << than or equal to 65. Is DRSP more concern than other infections >> << Yes, and no. DRSP infection no more dangerous than

other pneumococcal infections.

However, pneumococcal infections can be very serious >> << and all infections that are of interest to health workers and

patients. DRSP is of particular importance, because >> << infections caused by DRSP may

very difficult to treat with antibiotics, which

now. How can I prevent the spread of DRSP? number of pneumococcal infections is

probably be reduced if more people were vaccinated

, against the disease. Talk with your doctor to see

if you would benefit from vaccination against pneumococcal infection

. problems of drug resistance means, in all probability to

decrease if antibiotics were used more carefully.

If you are prescribed antibiotics for pneumococcal infections >> << (or any other infection), make that and take

entire recipe as directed. (If medicine

disagree with you, contact your doctor

provider and he or she may prescribe another antibiotic

). Never give up antibiotic

anyone for whom it was not provided and no antibiotic "remnants"

saved for later use. Where can I get more information? Contact your doctor or the Southern Nevada Health ' I District, Office of Epidemiology (702) 759-1300 This fact sheet was based on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Identification and Prevention impact on public health drug-resistant pneumococcus: Report of the Working Group >> < <MMWR 1996; 45 .. (№ PR-1). << >>