Prevalence of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 6C among invasive and carriage isolates in metropolitan Salvador, Brazil, from 1996 to 2007

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 112-115

  Campos, Leila C ^a   Carvalho, Maria da Gloria S ^b   Beall, Bernard W ^b   Cordeiro, Soraia M ^a   Takahashi, Daniele ^a   Reis, Mitermayer G ^a   Ko, Albert I ^a,c   Reis, Joice N ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Carriage; Epidemiology; Meningitis; Serotype 6C; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

CEFOTAXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; OFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGITIS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NASOPHARYNX; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BRAZIL; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MENINGITIS; NASOPHARYNX; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PREVALENCE; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 69949092614     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2009.06.020     Document Type: Article

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