A Novel, Multiple Drug–Resistant, Serotype 24F Strain ofStreptococcus pneumoniaeThat Caused Meningitis in Patients in Naples, Italy | Zendy

Annalisa Pantosti | Zendy; Giovanni Gherardi | Zendy; Marco Conte | Zendy; Francesco Saverio Faella | Zendy; Giordano Dicuonzo | Zendy; Bernard Beall | Zendy

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A Novel, Multiple Drug–Resistant, Serotype 24F Strain ofStreptococcus pneumoniaeThat Caused Meningitis in Patients in Naples, Italy

Author(s) -

Annalisa Pantosti,

Giovanni Gherardi,

Marco Conte,

Francesco Saverio Faella,

Giordano Dicuonzo,

Bernard Beall

Publication year - 2002

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/341250

Subject(s) - serotype , streptococcus pneumoniae , meningitis , microbiology and biotechnology , penicillin , strain (injury) , virology , medicine , multilocus sequence typing , antibiotics , biology , gene , genotype , genetics , psychiatry

Three adult patients in Naples, Italy, had meningitis due to multiple drug-resistant serotype 24F Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates. The 3 isolates were genetically indistinguishable and shared pbp2b and pspA sequence types with previously characterized penicillin-resistant clones. This serotype 24F strain was found to be the same clonal type as a previously characterized, penicillin-resistant serotype 14 strain. The novel strain has probably arisen through transformation of a serotype 14 strain with type 24F capsular biosynthetic operon sequences.

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