Study of 138 Neisseria meningitidis strains isolated from blood or cerebrospinal fluid in Lombardy between 2007 and 2010

Neisseria meningitidis, Streptococcus pneumoniae, and Haemophilus influenzae type b cause the majority of cases of bacterial septicaemia in children and young adults. Disease epidemiology is evolving rapidly due to the introduction of vaccines and changing in bacterial antibiotic-resistance patterns...

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Main Authors: Laura Daprai, Maria Laura Garlaschi, Giuseppina Scelza, Damiano Picicco, Maria Cristina Garlaschi, Riccardo Rubini, Gloria Defilippi, Anna Pavan, Maria Gramegna, Erminio Torresani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2012-06-01
Series:Microbiologia Medica
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Online Access:http://www.pagepressjournals.org/index.php/mm/article/view/2311