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| Alvares,Jackelline Rodrigues; Mantese,Orlando Cesar; Paula,Alan de; Wolkers,Paula Carolina Bejo; Almeida,Viviene Vieira Prado; Almeida,Samanta Cristine Grassi; Guerra,Maria Luiza Leopoldo Silva; Brandileone,Maria Cristina de Cunto. |
| OBJECTIVES: To determine the prevalence of pneumococcal serotypes and antimicrobial susceptibility in patients with meningitis, and to evaluate the implications for vaccine coverage. METHODS: Pneumococcal strains obtained from normally sterile fluids from patients admitted with meningitis were isolated at the Hospital de Clínicas of the Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Minas Gerais State, and sent to the Instituto Adolfo Lutz, city of São Paulo, São Paulo State, for further identification, serotyping, and antimicrobial susceptibility determination. RESULTS: From April 1999 to April 2009, 338 pneumococcal strains were isolated, and 72 obtained from patients with meningitis, were analyzed. Patients' ages varied from one month to 82.2 years (mean of 18.4 ±... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Streptococcus pneumoniae; Meningitis; Serotyping; Pneumococcal vaccines; Drug resistance. |
| Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702011000100005 |
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| Zanella,Rosemeire Cobo; Lima,Marisa de Jesus Castro; Tegani,Luciana Soares; Hitomi,Adriana; Brandileone,Maria Cristina de Cunto; Palazzo,Izabel Cristina V.; Darini,Ana Lúcia da Costa. |
| In Brazil, vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) have been reported as nosocomial pathogens since 1998. Recently, in a VRE surveillance in a hospital, we detected two Enterococcus faecalis isolates with vanA genotype and susceptible to teicoplanin. This is the first report of VanB phenotype-vanA genotype enterococci isolated from humans in Brazil. |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/other |
Palavras-chave: Enterococci; VanA genotype; VanB phenotype; Vancomycin; VRE. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822006000200004 |
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