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Population-Based Survey of Antimicrobial Susceptibility and Serotype Distribution of Streptococcus pneumoniaefrom Meningitis Patients in Salvador, Brazil
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Article
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Journal of Clinical Microbiology; January 2002, Vol. 40 Issue: 1 p275-277, 3p
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00951137; 1098660X
Abstract
ABSTRACTPenicillin-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.