title: [Isolation of menincococci in Palermo during a course of seasonable recrudescence].
abstract: Three strains of Neisseria meningitidis were isolated from young patients during an outbreak of cerebrospinal fever in Palermo, fourteen from their family contacts. All strains from patients and ten of the strains from contacts fell into group C, two of the others into group B; two were untypable strains. All the strains belonging to group C exhibited sensitivity to sulphonamides and to other antibiotics tested. Strains of group B appeared resistant to sulphonamides and to combined trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole; they were also slightly resistant to streptomycin and tetracyclines.
mesh_terms: D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008589:Meningococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology; D009345:Neisseria meningitidis / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012008:Recurrence; D012621:Seasons; D013307:Streptomycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D013420:Sulfamethoxazole / Q000494:pharmacology; D013752:Tetracycline / Q000494:pharmacology; D014295:Trimethoprim / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D014295:Trimethoprim; D013752:Tetracycline; D013420:Sulfamethoxazole; D013307:Streptomycin
vernacular_title: Isolamento di meningococchi a Palermo in corso di una recrudescenza stagionale