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  • Title: Community-acquired bacteraemic pneumococcal pneumonia in adults: effect of diminished penicillin susceptibility on clinical outcome.
    Author: Bonnard P, Lescure FX, Douadi Y, Schmit JL, Jounieaux V, Laurans G, Eb F, Ducroix JP.
    Journal: J Infect; 2005 Jul; 51(1):69-76. PubMed ID: 15979494.
    Abstract:
    Pneumococcal pneumonia remains a common disease with a high mortality rate. Between 1995 and 2000, we prospectively analyzed 95 consecutive adult cases of community-acquired bacteraemic pneumococcal pneumonia treated in a single centre. The incidence of pneumococcal resistance to penicillin increased from 19 to 50% during the study period. Multivariate analysis showed that only age and recent hospitalization were independently associated with fatal outcome. The proportion of penicillin-resistant strains was slightly but not significantly higher among patients who died before the fourth hospital day than among those who died later. Patients who died before D4 were more likely to have a recent history of hospitalization, cancer and/or chemotherapy. It thus appears that infection by a resistant pneumococcal strain is not in itself a gravity factor in this setting, but that their acquisition is associated with pejorative clinical features.
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