Exogenous re-infection by a novel <it>Streptococcus pneumoniae </it>serotype 14 as a cause of recurrent meningitis in a child from The Gambia

<p>Abstract</p> <p>We report a case of an infant who experienced exogenous re-infection of <it>Streptococcus pneumoniae </it>serotype 14 as a cause of recurrent meningitis after apparently successful antibiotic treatment with ceftriaxone. eBURST analysis revealed that i...

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Main Authors: Howie Stephen, Corrah Tumani, Secka Ousman, Oluwalana Claire, Antonio Martin, Adegbola Richard A
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-01-01
Series:Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials
Online Access:http://www.ann-clinmicrob.com/content/8/1/3