title: [Biological properties and serological types and groups of pneumococci isolated from suppurative meningitis patients].
abstract: The results of the study of the biological and serological properties of pneumococci isolated from the cerebrospinal fluid and the blood of patients with purulent meningitides are presented. Serological types were determined in 64 pneumococcal strains. They were found to belong to 16 known serological types and groups; of these, 10 had been included into the existing 14-component polysaccharide capsular pneumococcal vaccine. Serotypes 1, 19, 6, 12 and 20 were most frequently isolated from patients irrespective of their age; from children meningococci of serotype 12 were most frequently isolated. In lethal cases types 1, 19 and 2 were isolated from adults and type 12, from children. At the moment of isolation pneumococci possessed biological characteristics typical of this species.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001769:Blood / Q000382:microbiology; D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid / Q000382:microbiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D006801:Humans; D008586:Meningitis, Pneumococcal / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012703:Serotyping; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification
vernacular_title: Biologicheskie svoĭstva i serologicheskie tipy i gruppy pnevmokokkov, vydelennykh ot bol'nykh gnoĭnymi meningitami.