The apparent importation of penicillin-resistant capsular type 14 Spanish/French clone of Streptococcus pneumoniae into Uruguay in the early 1990s.

doi:10.1089/mdr.1998.4.219

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The apparent importation of penicillin-resistant capsular type 14 Spanish/French clone of Streptococcus pneumoniae into Uruguay in the early 1990s.

Microbial drug resistance (Larchmont, N.Y.) - 1 Jan 1998

Camou T, Hortal M, Tomasz A

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Since 1987, Streptococcus pneumoniae (SPN) has been monitored in pediatric and adult populations. In 1994, the SIREVA/PAHO surveillance allowed the assessment of a dramatic increase of penicillin resistance, mainly associated to SPN type 14 also resistance to trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole. To det...

Topics

Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
Humans
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Penicillin Resistance
Phenotype
Streptococcus pneumoniae

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