Increasing antibiotic resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae colonizing children attending day‐care centres in Singapore
Conclusions: S. pneumoniae antibiotic resistance has risen dramatically over the last 10 years in Singapore. Wider conjugate vaccine uptake and improved antibiotic stewardship should be made priorities. Surveillance of sentinel sites like day‐care centres provides important data with respect to shifts in pneumococcal ecology. (Source: Respirology)
Isolation of Bisgaardia hudsonensis from a seal bite
We read with interest the recent case report of Bisgaardia hudsonensis from a patient with an infected seal bite. We notice with some concern that there was no mention of whether testing for Mycoplasma was attempted as Mycoplasma phocicerebrale is the most commonly isolated organism from “seal finger” or “speck finger”, an infection that can occur from handling seals or from infected bite wounds. Studies by our group on UK common and grey seals recovered M. phocicerebrale from various sites, including the teeth. Furthermore our studies also found M. phocicerebrale to be the most common organism isolated from infected bite wounds following aggressive interactions between seals. The GP in this case selected to use amoxicillin/clavulanic acid treatment and not tetracycline, the treat...
