Molecular epidemiology of a Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 1 outbreak in a Tunisian jail

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 225-227

  Mehiri Zghal, Emna ^a   Decousser, Jean Winoc ^b   Mahjoubi, Walid ^a   Essalah, Leila ^a   El Marzouk, Naceur ^a   Ghariani, Asma ^a   Allouch, PierreYves ^c   Slim Saidi, Noura Leila ^a,d  

^a ABDERRAHMAN MAMI HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^b HÔPITAL ANTOINE BÉCLÈRE   (France)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE VERSAILLES   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Outbreak; Serotype 1; Streptococcus pneumoniae; Tunis

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; HUMAN; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON; PRISONER; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TUNISIA;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PRISONS; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TUNISIA;

EID: 73749087403     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2009.05.008     Document Type: Article

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