Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3420426 | Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | 2012 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
Results show that isolates expressing serogroup B (50.7%) and serogroup A (34.3%) antigens were predominant in Egypt during the surveillance period, possibly due to suppression of other serogroups by meningococcal vaccines in current use. Intermediate resistance to penicillin was observed in 71% of the isolates, suggesting a need for physicians to shift to third-generation cephalosporins during the empirical treatment of infection. Recurrent lineages of N. meningitidis in Egypt appear to originate from Europe and other Middle Eastern countries. Of 19 sequence types detected, five were unique to Africa and 10 were not observed previously in the MLST database. The information obtained illustrates the changing dynamics of meningitis after vaccine introduction in Egypt.
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Authors
John D. Klena, Momtaz O. Wasfy, Rania A. Nada, Salwa F. Ahmed, Mohamed A. Maksoud, Anthony Marfin, Guillermo Pimentel,