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11845520

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-2-15
pubmed:abstractText
All cephalo-spinal fluid (CSF) samples sent to the Yaoundé Pasteur Centre in Cameroon, between July 1999 and June 2000, were cultured and tested for soluble antigens. The percentage of positive samples was 10.4%. The main etiological agents detected were Streptococcus pneumoniae (56.2%), Haemophilus influenzae (18.5%) et Neisseria meningitidis (13.4%). Most of these cases of bacterial meningitis were children (86.7%). The susceptibility of the isolates to antibiotics was investigated. The streptococci and meningococci were mostly susceptible to beta-lactams, but the Gram-negative bacteria were not. Combinations of amino-penicillin and aminoside or chloramphenicol continue to be effective, as are third generation cephalosporins used alone. Meningococci appear to have emerged during the year 1999/2000, with 23 such isolates identified, of which 17 were serogroup A, subtype P1-9, clone III-1, which was responsible for the second pandemic. It should also be noted that 4 strains of N. meningitidis of serogroup W135 were isolated in Yaoundé.
pubmed:language
fre
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0037-9085
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
94
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
300-3
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
[Bacterial meningitis in Yaoundé (Cameroon) in 1999-2000].
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratoire de bactériologie, Centre Pasteur du Cameroun, BP 1274 Yaoundé, Cameroun.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract