Population-based survey of antimicrobial susceptibility and serotype distribution of streptococcus pneumoniae from meningitis patients in Salvador, Brazil

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metadata.dc.type:	Artigo de Periódico
Title:	Population-based survey of antimicrobial susceptibility and serotype distribution of streptococcus pneumoniae from meningitis patients in Salvador, Brazil
Other Titles:	Journal of Clinical Mircobiology
Authors:	Reis, Joice Neves Cordeiro, Soraia Machado Coppola, Steven J. Salgado, Kátia Carvalho, Maria G. S. Teixeira, Lúcia M. Thompson, Terry A. Facklam, Richard R. Reis, Mitermayer G. Ko, Albert I.
metadata.dc.creator:	Reis, Joice Neves Cordeiro, Soraia Machado Coppola, Steven J. Salgado, Kátia Carvalho, Maria G. S. Teixeira, Lúcia M. Thompson, Terry A. Facklam, Richard R. Reis, Mitermayer G. Ko, Albert I.
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.
URI:	http://www.repositorio.ufba.br/ri/handle/ri/7596
Issue Date:	Jan-2002
Appears in Collections:	Artigo Publicado em Periódico (FAR)

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