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Isolation of Neisseria meningitidis strains with increase of penicillin minimal inhibitory concentrations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 October 2009

J. A. Sáez-Nieto ,
D. Fontanals ,
J. Garcia De Jalon ,
V. Martinez De Artola ,
P. Peña ,
M. A. Morera ,
R. Verdaguer ,
I. Sanfeliu ,
C. Belio-Blasco  and
J. L. Perez-Saenz
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J. A. Sáez-Nieto
Affiliation:
Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Virologia e Immunologia Sanitarias, Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain
D. Fontanals
Affiliation:
Clinica Infantil Nen Jesus, Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain
J. Garcia De Jalon
Affiliation:
Hospital Virgen del Camino, Pamplona, Spain
V. Martinez De Artola
Affiliation:
Ciudad Sanitaria La Paz, Madrid, Spain
P. Peña
Affiliation:
Hospital de Sant Llátzer, Terrassa, Barcelona, Spain
M. A. Morera
Affiliation:
Hospital de Bellvitge, Hospitalet, Barcelona, Spain
R. Verdaguer
Affiliation:
Hospital de San Juan de Dios, Barcelona, Spain
I. Sanfeliu
Affiliation:
Hospital de San Millan, Logroño, Spain
C. Belio-Blasco
Affiliation:
Hospital San Jaime y Santa Magdalena, Mataró, Barcelona, Spain.
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We report the isolation and characterization of ten strains showing an increase in the minimal inhibitory concentrations to penicillin (MICs > 0·1 μg/ml), and describe the epidemiological, clinical and microbiological features.

The susceptibility of 3432 meningococcal strains isolated from patients in the recent epidemic wave (1978–86) in Spain, to several antimicrobial agents used in the treatment and chemoprophylaxis of meningococcal infection has been tested. Most were resistant to sulphadiazine but sensitive to other antibiotics.

The possible existence of a new pattern of behaviour of meningococcal to penicillin is discussed.

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Research Article
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Epidemiology & Infection , Volume 99 , Issue 2 , October 1987 , pp. 463 - 469
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1987

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