Susceptibility of pneumococci causing meningitis in Spain and prevalence among such isolates of serotypes contained in the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine

J Antimicrob Chemother. 2009 Dec;64(6):1338-40. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkp376. Epub 2009 Oct 14.

Authors

Asunción Fenoll¹, María-José Giménez, María-Dolores Vicioso, Juan-José Granizo, Olga Robledo, Lorenzo Aguilar

Affiliation

¹ Spanish Reference Pneumococcal Laboratory, Instituto Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain.

PMID: 19828490
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkp376

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
Cerebrospinal Fluid / microbiology
Child
Child, Preschool
Drug Resistance, Bacterial*
Female
Heptavalent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Meningitis, Pneumococcal / epidemiology*
Meningitis, Pneumococcal / microbiology*
Middle Aged
Pneumococcal Vaccines / immunology*
Prevalence
Serotyping
Spain / epidemiology
Streptococcus pneumoniae / classification
Streptococcus pneumoniae / drug effects*
Streptococcus pneumoniae / immunology
Streptococcus pneumoniae / isolation & purification
Young Adult
beta-Lactams / pharmacology*

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Heptavalent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine
Pneumococcal Vaccines
beta-Lactams