Clonally Related Penicillin-Nonsusceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae Serotype 14 from Cases of Meningitis in Salvador, Brazil

Active hospital-based surveillance in the city of Salvador, Brazil, from December 1995 through October 1998, identified 221 patients with confirmed pneumococcal meningitis. Of these 221 patients, 29 (13%) had isolates with intermediate-level resistance to penicillin. Infection with these penicillin-...

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Published in:Clinical infectious diseases 2000-01, Vol.30 (1), p.78-86
Main Authors: Ko, Albert I., Reis, Joice Neves, Coppola, Steven J., Gouveia, Edilane Lins, Cordeiro, Soraia Machado, Lôbo, Tatiana Silva, Pinheiro, Ricardo M., Salgado, Kátia, Ribeiro Dourado, Cibele M., Tavares-Neto, José, Rocha, Heonir, Galvão Reis, Mitermayer, Johnson, Warren D., Riley, Lee W.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Anti-Bacterial Agents - pharmacology
Antibiotics
Antimicrobials
Bacterial diseases
Bacterial diseases of the nervous system. Bacterial myositis
Biological and medical sciences
Brazil - epidemiology
Child
Child, Preschool
Clinical Articles
Human bacterial diseases
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Infections
Infectious diseases
Medical sciences
Meningitis, Pneumococcal - epidemiology
Meningitis, Pneumococcal - microbiology
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Patient surveillance
Penicillin
Penicillin Resistance
Pneumococcal meningitis
Polymerase chain reaction
Polymerase Chain Reaction - methods
Population Surveillance
Predisposing factors
Risk Factors
Serotyping
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Streptococcus pneumoniae - classification
Streptococcus pneumoniae - drug effects
Streptococcus pneumoniae - genetics
Streptococcus pneumoniae - isolation & purification
Surveillance
Tropical medicine
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Summary:Active hospital-based surveillance in the city of Salvador, Brazil, from December 1995 through October 1998, identified 221 patients with confirmed pneumococcal meningitis. Of these 221 patients, 29 (13%) had isolates with intermediate-level resistance to penicillin. Infection with these penicillin-nonsusceptible isolates was significantly associated with age of
ISSN:1058-4838
1537-6591
DOI:10.1086/313619