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

• Autor(es): 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. ; 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.
• Data: 2012
• Origem: Oasisbr
• Tipo de Documento: Artigo científico
• Idioma: Inglês

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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.