Article
Genomic fingerprints and phenotypic characteristics of strains of Neisseria meningitidis causing disease in Italy.
Microbiologica - 1 Apr 1990
Mastrantonio P, Congiu M E, Occhionero M, Stroffolini T
Abstract excerpt
Since 1984 a change in the epidemiological pattern of meningococcal disease in Italy has occurred with a predominance of Neisseria meningitidis of serogroup C (76%), serotype 2a and a high proportion of strains resistant to sulfonamides (71%). To better understand the epidemiology of the group C...
Topics
- DNA, Bacterial
- Drug Resistance, Microbial
- Humans
- Italy
- Meningitis, Meningococcal
- Neisseria meningitidis
- Nucleotide Mapping
- Phenotype
- Serotyping
- Sulfonamides