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Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (2004) 53, 409
© 2004 The British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

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Neisseria meningitidis showing decreased susceptibility to ciprofloxacin: first report in Spain

B. Alcalá1, C. Salcedo1, L. de la Fuente1, L. Arreaza1, M. J. Uría1, R. Abad1, R. Enríquez1, J. A. Vázquez1,*, M. Motgé2 and J. de Batlle2

1 Servicio de Bacteriología, Laboratorio de Referencia de Neisseria, Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28220, Majadahonda, Madrid; 2 Servicio de Análisis Clínicos, Hospital Universitario de Girona Doctor Josep Trueta, Girona, Spain

Keywords: meningococci, fluoroquinolone susceptibility, gyrA sequence

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Sir,

In February 2002, a serogroup B meningococcal strain was isolated in Girona, Catalonia, Spain, from cerebrospinal fluid in a 2-year-old male with meningitis. The isolate was sent to the Reference Laboratory for characterization and determination of the MIC.

The strain was characterized using monoclonal antibodies as B: Non Typeable: P1. 5, 10.1 The antibiotic susceptibility was determined by the agar . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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