β-Lactam resistance, serotype distribution, and genotypes of meningitis-causing Streptococcus pneumoniae, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Bioquímica Sistemática. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil.
Imperial College School of Medicine. Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology. London, United Kingdom.
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Escola de Medicina. Departamento de Medicina Preventiva. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Graduate School of Public Health. Infectious Diseases Epidemiology Research Unit. Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Departamento de Saúde do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Laboratório Central Noel Nutels. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Graduate School of Public Health. Infectious Diseases Epidemiology Research Unit. Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

Abstract

Here, we report a laboratory-based study of Streptococcus pneumoniae recovered from patients with meningitis in Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil.

Keywords in Portuguese

Streptococcus pneumoniae
Meningite
Rio de janeiro

Keywords

Streptococcus pneumoniae
meningitis
β-lactam resistance
MLST
serotypes
Rio de Janeiro

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Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins

Citation

BARROSO, David E. et al. β-lactam Resistance, Serotype Distribution, and Genotypes of Meningitis-causing Streptococcus pneumoniae, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Pediatr Infect Dis J., v.31, n.1, p.30–36, 2012.

DOI

10.1097/INF.0b013e31822f8a92

ISSN

0891-3668

Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/18702

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2030-01-01

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