Genetic relationship between Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates from nasopharyngeal and cerebrospinal fluid of two infants with pneumococcal meningitis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 3970-3972

  Sgambatti de Andrade, Ana Lucia Sampaio ^a   Pimenta, Fabiana Cristina ^a   Brandileone, Maria Cristina C ^b   Laval, Cristina Aparecida ^c   Guerra, Maria Luiza ^b   Guimarães de Andrade, João ^a   Di Fabio, Jose Luis ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^b Secretariat of Health   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^d PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL FEATURE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THROAT CULTURE;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MENINGITIS, PNEUMOCOCCAL; NASOPHARYNX; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0043023938     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.8.3970-3972.2003     Document Type: Article

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