Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae as etiological agents of conjunctivitis outbreaks in the region of Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil


Autoria(s): MEDEIROS,Marta I. C.; NEME,Suzel N.; SILVA,Paulo da; SILVA,Jaqueline O.; CARNEIRO,Ana Maria M.; CARLONI,Maria Claudia; BRANDILEONE,Maria Cristina de C.
Data(s)

01/01/1998

Resumo

In the study of conjunctivitis outbreaks occurring from September 1994 to September 1996 in the region of Ribeirão Preto, conjunctival exudates of 92 patients were cultivated in Instituto Adolfo Lutz Laboratory I, Ribeirão Preto. Most cases occurred in the age range 2-7 years. The etiological agents which were most frequently isolated from the analyzed cases were: Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae, in 40.22% and 21.74%, respectively. 51.35% of the S. pneumoniae isolated strains were not typable. The oxacillin-resistant S. pneumoniae strains were submitted to the minimum inhibitory concentration test (MIC) and three of them presented intermediate resistance, whereas only one was highly resistant to penicillin.

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http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46651998000100002

Idioma(s)

en

Publicador

Instituto de Medicina Tropical

Fonte

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo v.40 n.1 1998

Palavras-Chave #Streptococcus pneumoniae #Haemophilus influenzae #Conjunctivitis #Brazilian purpuric fever
Tipo

journal article