Abstract

MOREJON GARCIA, Moisés. Neumococo resitente ¡alarma mundial. Rev Cubana Med Gen Integr [online]. 1997, vol.13, n.2, pp.166-169. ISSN 0864-2125.

: A chronological analysis of the Streptococcus pneumoniae resistant to penicillin was made. Its world spread, resistance mechanism, possible causes of appearance, behaviour before the sepses caused by such strains, and the measures to counteract its rise were also included.

Keywords : STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE [isolation and purification]; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS [microbiology]; PENICILLINS RESISTANCE.