Spread of the Streptococcus pneumoniae Taiwan(19F)-14 clone among children in Greece

Mavroidi, A; Paraskakis, I; Pangalis, A; Kirikou, E; Charisiadou, A; Athanasiou, T; Tassios, PT; Tzouvelekis, LS

dc.contributor.author	Mavroidi, A	en
dc.contributor.author	Paraskakis, I	en
dc.contributor.author	Pangalis, A	en
dc.contributor.author	Kirikou, E	en
dc.contributor.author	Charisiadou, A	en
dc.contributor.author	Athanasiou, T	en
dc.contributor.author	Tassios, PT	en
dc.contributor.author	Tzouvelekis, LS	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:56:34Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:56:34Z
dc.date.issued	2007	en
dc.identifier.issn	1198-743X	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/28151
dc.subject	children	en
dc.subject	epidemiology	en
dc.subject	Greece	en
dc.subject	pneumococci	en
dc.subject	Streptococcus pneumoniae	en
dc.subject	Taiwan (19F)-14	en
dc.subject.classification	Infectious Diseases	en
dc.subject.classification	Microbiology	en
dc.subject.other	UNITED-STATES	en
dc.subject.other	RESISTANT	en
dc.subject.other	SEROTYPES	en
dc.subject.other	IDENTIFICATION	en
dc.subject.other	PNEUMOCOCCI	en
dc.subject.other	DISEASE	en
dc.subject.other	ATHENS	en
dc.title	Spread of the Streptococcus pneumoniae Taiwan(19F)-14 clone among children in Greece	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.language	English	en
heal.publicationDate	2007	en
heal.abstract	Serotype 19F pneumococci were a leading cause of infections among children in Athens, Greece during 2001-2006. In total, 143 19F isolates were typed by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE), and 38 isolates representing the main PFGE types were also characterised by multilocus sequence typing. A diversity of distinct strains belonging to sequence types 236, 1035, 274, 172 and 319 were identified, but multidrug-resistant isolates related to the Taiwan (19F)-14 clone (ST236) constituted 76.9% of the isolates. Spread of the Taiwan (19F)-14 clone explains, in part, the high incidence of antibiotic resistance observed among pneumococci reported recently from Athens.	en
heal.publisher	BLACKWELL PUBLISHING	en
heal.journalName	CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION	en
dc.identifier.isi	ISI:000250727400014	en
dc.identifier.volume	13	en
dc.identifier.issue	12	en
dc.identifier.spage	1213	en
dc.identifier.epage	1216	en