High Frequency of Macrolide-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae Colonization in Respiratory Tract of Healthy Children in Ardabil Iran

摘要

( ) is one of the most common causes of human diseases in young children. Macrolides are commonly antibiotics used for empirical treatment of community-acquired respiratory infections. The purpose of this study was to determine antibiotic resistance pattern as well as the relationship between macrolide resistance and the major mechanisms of resistance in pneumococci isolated from healthy children.