| [detection of rifampicin-resistant strains of neisseria meningitidis in uruguay]. | the objective of this study was to characterize the phenotype and genotype of two isolates of rifampicin-resistant neisseria meningitidis associated with two independent events involving transmission of severe meningococcal meningitis that occurred in september and october 2010 in montevideo, uruguay. the most recent 10 years of data from the national antimicrobial resistance surveillance system were reviewed to estimate the frequency of the particular meningococcal features that were characteri ... | 2011 | 22358399 |