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

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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Main Authors:	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.
Format:	Digital revista
Language:	English
Published:	Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo 1998
Online Access:	http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46651998000100002
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