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Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz
ISSN: 1678-8060
EISSN: 1678-8060
Vol. 96, No. 4, 2001, pp. 523-525
Bioline Code: oc01080
Full paper language: English
Document type: Research Article
Document available free of charge

Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Vol. 96, No. 4, 2001, pp. 523-525

 en Typing and Susceptibility to Penicillin of Neisseria meningitidis Isolated from Patients in Cuba (1993-1999)
Jorge Sosa; Rafael Llanes; Daymi Guzmán; Ibrahín Quintana; Mayra Flores & Oderay Gutiérrez

Abstract

The susceptibility to penicillin of 111 Neisseria meningitidis strains was assessed by the agar-dilution procedure and serosubtypes were determined by a whole-cell enzyme-linked immunoassay using monoclonal antibodies reagents. Thirty-five isolates showed reduced sensitivity to penicillin (MIC3 0.1 mg/l and ₤ 1 mg/l) and no resistant strains were detected. The most common phenotype was B:4:P1.15 (77.5%) and a rising trend of non-typeable and non-subtypeable strains was detected. The increase in levels of minimal inhibitory concentrations of meningococci to penicillin gives cause for concern and the increase in non-typeable and non-subtypeable isolation demand the use of molecular biology techniques for their typing.

Keywords
Neisseria meningitidis, typing, reduced sensitivity, Cuba

 
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