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POPULATION-BASED SURVEY OF ANTIMICROBIAL SUSCEPTIBILITY AND SEROTYPE DISTRIBUTION OF STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE FROM MENINGITIS PATIENTS IN SALVADOR, BRAZIL.
Reis, Joice Neves et al. | Date Issued: 2002
Author
Reis, Joice Neves
Cordeiro, Soraia Machado
Coppola, Steven J
Salgado, Kátia M
Carvalho, Maria da Gloria S
Teixeira, Lúcia M
Thompson, Terry A
Facklam, Richard R
Reis, Mitermayer Galvão dos
Ko, Albert Icksang
Affilliation
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas Gonçalo Moniz. Salvador, BA, Brasil
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas Gonçalo Moniz. Salvador, BA, Brasil
Weill Medical College of Cornell University. Division of International Medicine and Infectious Diseases. Department of Medicine. New York, NY, United States of America
Secretaria da Saúde do Estado da Bahia. Hospital Couto Maia. Salvador, BA, Brasil
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Instituto de Microbiologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Instituto de Microbiologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Streptococcus Laboratory. Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Streptococcus Laboratory. Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas Gonçalo Moniz. Salvador, BA, Brasil
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas Gonçalo Moniz. Salvador, BA, Brasil
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.
DeCS
Antibacterianos/farmacologia
Meningite Pneumocócica/epidemiologia
Meningite Pneumocócica/epidemiologia
Streptococcus pneumoniae/classificação
Streptococcus pneumoniae/efeitos de drogas
Brasil/epidemiologia
Criança
Pré-Escolar
Humanos
Meningite Pneumocócica/microbiologia
Testes de Sensibilidade Microbiana
Resistência às Penicilinas
Sorotipagem
 
Citation
REIS, J.N. et al. Population-based survey of antimicrobial susceptibility and serotype distribution of Streptococcus pneumoniae from meningitis patients in Salvador, Brazil. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, v. 40, n. 1, p. 275-7, jan. 2002.
DOI
10.1128/JCM.40.1.275–277.2002
ISSN
0095-1137