Risk Factors and Course of Illness Among Children With Invasive Penicillin-resistant <i>Streptococcus pneumoniae</i>

Abstract

In this study, previous use of penicillin or ampicillin and private medical coverage were associated with having DRSP. Children with nonmeningeal invasive disease responded equally well to penicillin regardless of the penicillin susceptibility of their pneumococcal isolate.