Abstract |
Penicillin-nonsusceptible strains were isolated from 15% of 303 individuals with pneumococcal meningitis identified during a 4-year surveillance study in Salvador, Brazil. The estimated rate of coverage of the seven-valent conjugate vaccine was 74% among patients <5 years of age and 94% among those infected with nonsusceptible isolates, indicating that the use of conjugate vaccines may be an approach to the control of emerging penicillin resistance in Brazil.
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Authors | Joice Neves Reis, Soraia Machado Cordeiro, Steven J Coppola, Kátia Salgado, Maria G S Carvalho, Lúcia M Teixeira, Terry A Thompson, Richard R Facklam, Mitermayer G Reis, Albert I Ko |
Journal | Journal of clinical microbiology
(J Clin Microbiol)
Vol. 40
Issue 1
Pg. 275-7
(Jan 2002)
ISSN: 0095-1137 [Print] United States |
PMID | 11773131
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.)
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Chemical References |
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Topics |
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
(pharmacology)
- Brazil
(epidemiology)
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Humans
- Meningitis, Pneumococcal
(epidemiology, microbiology)
- Microbial Sensitivity Tests
- Penicillin Resistance
- Population Surveillance
- Serotyping
- Streptococcus pneumoniae
(classification, drug effects)
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