Serotypes and susceptibility of Streptococcus pneumoniae strains isolated from children in Mexico Serotipos y susceptibilidad de cepas de Streptococcus pneumoniae aisladas de niños en México

• Main Authors: Alberto Villaseñor-Sierra (Author), Maricarmen Lomas-Bautista (Author), Sergio Aguilar-Benavides (Author), Gerardo Martínez-Aguilar (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, 2008-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective. To identify serotypes and susceptibility of S. pneumoniae strains from 48 children with invasive infections and 50 carriers. Material and Methods. Typing was performed by the Quellung reaction and susceptibility by Kirby-Bauer and Etest according to CLSI standards. Results. Of 31 meningea...