Prevalence of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 6C among invasive and carriage isolates in metropolitan Salvador, Brazil, from 1996 to 2007

Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2009 Oct;65(2):112-5. doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2009.06.020. Epub 2009 Aug 25.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Bacterial Typing Techniques
  • Brazil / epidemiology
  • Carrier State / epidemiology*
  • Carrier State / microbiology*
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Cluster Analysis
  • DNA Fingerprinting
  • DNA, Bacterial / genetics
  • Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
  • Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
  • Female
  • Genotype
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Meningitis / epidemiology
  • Meningitis / microbiology
  • Molecular Epidemiology
  • Nasopharynx / microbiology
  • Pneumococcal Infections / epidemiology*
  • Pneumococcal Infections / microbiology*
  • Prevalence
  • Serotyping
  • Streptococcus pneumoniae / classification*
  • Streptococcus pneumoniae / drug effects
  • Streptococcus pneumoniae / genetics
  • Streptococcus pneumoniae / isolation & purification

Substances

  • DNA, Bacterial