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). << >>