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Neisseria meningitidis Antimicrobial Resistance in Italy, 2006 to 2016

Paola Vacca, Cecilia Fazio, Arianna Neri, Luigina Ambrosio, A. Palmiéri, Paola Stefanelli

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy · 2018 · 37 citations · 11 references

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Abstract

The aim of this study was to evaluate the antimicrobial susceptibilities of 866 <i>Neisseria meningitidis</i> invasive strains during 11 years of surveillance in Italy. Two and six strains were resistant to ciprofloxacin and rifampin, respectively. Forty-five percent were penicillin intermediate, associated with hypervirulent serogroup C clonal complex 11. All of the strains were susceptible to cephalosporins.

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