| serogroups, serotypes, serosubtypes and antimicrobial susceptibility of neisseria meningitidis isolates in casablanca, morocco. | since antigenic characterization and antibiotic susceptibility testing are useful for generating prophylactic recommendations and treatment guidelines, a total of 163 neisseria meningitidis isolates obtained between january 1992 and september 2000 at the microbiology laboratory of the ibnrochd university hospital of casablanca, morocco, were serogrouped, serotyped, serosubtyped and tested for their susceptibility to five antibiotics. serogroup b was detected most frequently (75.5%), followed by ... | 2002 | 12111610 |
| [use of multilocus sequence typing and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis for the study of serogroup b neisseria meningitidis isolates from casablanca (morocco)]. | a previous study showed that b:4:p1.15 was the most frequent phenotype of neisseria meningitidis isolated in casablanca (morocco). to determine if there was an epidemic clone, mlst and pfge were used to compare 13 b:4:p1.15 strains isolated from september 1999 to december 2000. mlst showed 4 sequence types (st): st-33 was the most frequent st (9/13 strains) and 4 strains belonged to 3 newly described sts. twelve stains belonged to st-32 complex, and one strain presenting a new st (st-2502) did n ... | 2006 | 16442242 |
| epidemiological profile of invasive bacterial diseases in children in casablanca, morocco: antimicrobial susceptibilities and serotype distribution. | the aim of this prospective study in morocco was to investigate the causes of invasive bacterial diseases in children in order to inform antibiotic therapy and vaccine choices. of 238 children aged < or = 5 years admitted to the children's hospital of casablanca for invasive diseases over a 12-month period, 185 were diagnosed with bacterial infection: 76 had chest-x-ray-confirmed pneumonia, 59 had meningitis and 50 had sepsis. streptococcus pneumoniae was the most common pathogen identified (n = ... | 2012 | 23301370 |