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Temporal trends and clonal diversity of penicillin non-susceptible pneumococci from meningitis cases from 1996 to 2012, in Salvador, Brazil.
BMC infectious diseases - 30 Jul 2015
dos Santos Milena Soares, Azevedo Jailton, Menezes Ana Paula de Oliveria, Cordeiro Soraia Machado, Escobar Eliane Cunegundes, Lima Josilene Borges, Campos Leila Carvalho, Carvalho Maria da Glória S, Reis Mitermayer G, Ko Albert I, Reis Joice Neves
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BACKGROUND: Hospital-based surveillance for pneumococcal meningitis has been conducted since January 1996 in the city of Salvador, Brazil. The purpose of this study was to describe the temporal evolution of Penicillin Non-Susceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae (PNSSP) in regards to serotype distributions and clonal diversity recovered from meningitis cases over 17 years. METHODS: Broth microdilution was used to...
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