Article
Prevalence of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 6C among invasive and carriage isolates in metropolitan Salvador, Brazil, from 1996 to 2007
Registro en:
CAMPOS, L. C. et al. Prevalence of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 6C among invasive and carriage isolates in metropolitan Salvador, Brazil, from 1996 to 2007. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, v. 65, n. 2, p. 112–115, 2009.
0732-8893
10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2009.06.020
Autor
Campos, Leila Carvalho
Carvalho, Maria da Gloria S
Beall, Bernard W
Cordeiro, Soraia Machado
Takahashi, Daniele
Reis, Mitermayer Galvão dos
Ko, Albert Icksang
Reis, Joice Neves
Resumen
The newly described Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 6C accounted for 2.3% (16/709) of meningitis cases and 3.2% (3/95) of nasopharyngeal isolates from healthy individuals in Brazil. The strains were multidrug resistant (18.8%) and genetically diverse. Despite low serotype 6C prevalence, continuous surveillance is necessary to guide vaccine strategies.