Meningitis, Pneumococcal

Bacteriology
Serotyping Pneumococcal Meningitis Cases in the African Meningitis Belt by Use of Multiplex PCR with Cerebrospinal Fluid
Berthe-Marie Njanpop Lafourcade, Oumarou Sanou, Mark van der Linden, Natalia Levina, Meryem Karanfil, Seydou Yaro, Tsidi A. Tamekloe, Judith E. Mueller
CASE REPORTS
Report of Two Cases of Aseptic Meningitis with Persistence of Pneumococcal Cell Wall Components in Cerebrospinal Fluid after Pneumococcal Meningitis
François Angoulvant, Julie Lachenaud, Patricia Mariani-Kurkdjian, Guillaume Aubertin, Véronique Houdouin, Mathie Lorrot, Laure de Los Angeles, Edouard Bingen, Antoine Bourrillon, Albert Faye
CASE REPORTS
Multilocus Sequence Typing Directly on DNA from Clinical Samples and a Cultured Isolate To Investigate Linked Fatal Pneumococcal Disease in Residents of a Shelter for Homeless Men
Andrew Birtles, Noel McCarthy, Carmen L. Sheppard, Harry Rutter, Malcolm Guiver, Elizabeth Haworth, Robert C. George
CASE REPORTS
Mixed Bacterial Meningitis Due to Streptococcus pneumoniae and Neisseria meningitidis in an 18-Month-Old Child
H. Marchandin, V. Ventura, J.-M. Alonso, P. Van de Perre
CASE REPORTS
Genetic Relationship between Streptococcus pneumoniae Isolates from Nasopharyngeal and Cerebrospinal Fluid of Two Infants with Pneumococcal Meningitis
Ana Lucia Sampaio Sgambatti de Andrade, Fabiana Cristina Pimenta, Maria Cristina C. Brandileone, Cristina Aparecida Laval, Maria Luiza Guerra, João Guimarães de Andrade, Jose Luis Di Fabio
Epidemiology
Phenotypic and Genetic Diversity of Invasive Pneumococcal Isolates Recovered from French Children
Catherine Doit, Chawki Loukil, Pierre Geslin, Edouard Bingen
Bacteriology
Rapid Real-Time PCR for Determination of Penicillin Susceptibility in Pneumococcal Meningitis, Including Culture-Negative Cases
Angela M. Kearns, Clive Graham, Doreen Burdess, Jane Heatherington, Roger Freeman
Epidemiology
Population-Based Survey of Antimicrobial Susceptibility and Serotype Distribution of Streptococcus pneumoniae from Meningitis Patients in Salvador, Brazil
Joice Neves Reis, Soraia Machado Cordeiro, Steven J. Coppola, Kátia Salgado, Maria G. S. Carvalho, Lúcia M. Teixeira, Terry A. Thompson, Richard R. Facklam, Mitermayer G. Reis, Albert I. Ko
Epidemiology
The Three Major Spanish Clones of Penicillin-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae Are the Most Common Clones Recovered in Recent Cases of Meningitis in Spain
Mark C. Enright, Asunción Fenoll, David Griffiths, Brian G. Spratt
Bacteriology
PCR-Enzyme Immunoassay for Detection ofStreptococcus pneumoniae DNA in Cerebrospinal Fluid Samples from Patients With Culture-Negative Meningitis
Thomas Cherian, M. K. Lalitha, Anand Manoharan, Kurien Thomas, Robert H. Yolken, Mark C. Steinhoff

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