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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, January 2003, p. 512-513, Vol. 41, No. 1
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.1.512-513.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

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Meningitis Due to Mixed Infection with Penicillin-Resistant and Penicillin-Susceptible Strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae

Fernando Chaves,* Carolina Campelo, Francisca Sanz, and Joaquin R. Otero

Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital Universitario Doce de Octubre, 28041 Madrid, Spain

Received 27 August 2002/ Returned for modification 24 September 2002/ Accepted 14 October 2002

Streptococcus pneumoniae is the major cause of bacterial meningitis. We report a case of meningitis due to a mixed infection with two distinct strains of S. pneumoniae: one penicillin-resistant strain of serotype 9V and one penicillin-susceptible strain of serotype 7. The two strains exhibited different pulsed-field gel electrophoresis profiles.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital Universitario Doce de Octubre, Avenida de Cordoba sn, Madrid 28041, Spain. Phone: (34) 91-3908239. Fax: (34) 91-5652765. E-mail: fchaves.hdoc{at}salud.madrid.org.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, January 2003, p. 512-513, Vol. 41, No. 1
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.1.512-513.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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