Epidemiology of invasive and non-invasive pneumococcal infections in hospitalised adult patients in a Lebanese medical centre, 2006-2015

• Main Authors: Rima Moghnieh (Author), Hani Tamim (Author), Lyn Awad (Author), Dania Abdallah (Author), Rahil Sleiman (Author), Tamima Jisr (Author), Mona Al-Helou (Author), Ahmad Ibrahim (Author), Anas Mugharbil (Author), Nabila Droubi (Author), Lina Reslan (Author), Ghassan M. Matar (Author), Ghassan Dbaibo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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This is a retrospective medical file review of adult inpatients with Streptococcus pneumoniae infections admitted to a Lebanese hospital between 2006 and 2015. We revisited the clinical scenarios of these infections in view of increasing antibiotic resistance in Lebanon. One hundred and three patien...