PMID: 11913341Mar 27, 2002Paper

Characteristics of Neisseria meningitidis strains isolated from patients with symptoms of meningococcal meningitis in Poland in 1995-2000

Medycyna doświadczalna i mikrobiologia
W Grzybowska, S Tyski

Abstract

Phenotype and genotype identification of 179 Neisseria meningitidis strains isolated from cerebrospinal fluid or blood of patients with meningococcal infection, hospitalized in Poland, was performed. This is the first analysis of that type conducted in Poland. We analyzed strains collected in 1995-2000 from laboratories located all over the country. Phenotype Neisseria meningitidis B:22:P1.14 was the predominant among analyzed invasive strains in Poland. Type 22 is characteristic to most of the strains isolated in our country. No strain from analyzed group belonged to known epidemic clusters. One penicillin resistant strain (MIC = 2 mg/l) and about 27% strains with decreased susceptibility to penicillin (0.1 = < MIC < 1.0 mg/l) were present among 166 N. meningitidis tested. All strains were susceptible to ciprofloxacin and rifampicin.

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