Exogenous re-infection by a novel <it>Streptococcus pneumoniae </it>serotype 14 as a cause of recurrent meningitis in a child from The Gambia

• Main Authors: Howie Stephen (Author), Corrah Tumani (Author), Secka Ousman (Author), Oluwalana Claire (Author), Antonio Martin (Author), Adegbola Richard A (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>We report a case of an infant who experienced exogenous re-infection of <it>Streptococcus pneumoniae </it>serotype 14 as a cause of recurrent meningitis after apparently successful antibiotic treatment with ceftriaxone. eBURST analysis revealed that i...