Selected Reading
- Bartlett JG et al: Community-acquired pneumonia in adults: Guidelines for management. The Infectious Diseases Society of America. Clin Infect Dis 26: 811, 1998
- Butler JC, Cetron MS: Pneumococcal drug resistance: The new “special enemy of old age.” Clin Infect Dis 28: 730, 1999
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Prevention of pneumococcal disease: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). MMWR 46(RR-8): 1, 1997
- Marrie TJ, Slayter KL: Nursing home-acquired pneumonia: Treatment options. Drugs Aging 8: 338, 1996
- Nuorti JP et al: An outbreak of multidrug-resistant pneumococcal pneumonia and bacteremia among unvaccinated nursing home residents. N Engl J Med 338: 1861, 1998
- Reichler MR et al: The spread of multiply resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae at a day care center in Ohio. J Infect Dis 166: 1346, 1992
- Sheppard DC, Bartlett KA, Lampiris HW: Streptococcus pneumoniae transmission in chronic-care facilities: Description of an outbreak and review of management strategies. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 19: 851, 1998