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Neisseria meningitidis: evolution of penicillin resistance and phenotype in a children's hospital in Barcelona, Spain.
Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) - 1 Jun 2000
Latorre C, Gené A, Juncosa T, Muñoz C, González-Cuevas A
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UNLABELLED: Neisseria meningitidis is the most prevalent micro-organism involved in paediatric bacterial meningitis in the Barcelona area in children over 3 mo of age and it is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in Spain. A total of 498 strains of N. meningitidis, obtained between the years 1986 and 1997 from children with sepsis and/or meningitis, were characterized according to their serogroup and...
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