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• invasive strains : reduced penicillin susceptibility : 15 %
  • intermediate resistance (Peni-I) : 14,8 %
  • high-level resistance (Peni-R) : 0,2 %
    Surveillance Pneumokokkeninfecties België, 2001

Penicillin-resistant S. pneumoniae

• resistance not due to b-lactamase production but linked to altered Penicillin Binding Proteins

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