Antibiotic Resistance Among Nasopharyngeal Isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae—Bangui, 1995
Abstract
APPROXIMATELY 4 million children aged <5 years die worldwide each year from acute respiratory infections (ARI), most of which are pneumonia.1 Most pneumonia deaths result from bacterial infections, and Streptococcus pneumoniae (SP) and Haemophilus influenzae (HI) are the most common bacterial etiologies.1 To provide data about antibiotic resistance and to assist the National ARI Control Program of the Central African Republic (CAR) (1995 population: 2.9 million) in choosing which...