Neisseria meningitidis isolates with moderate susceptibility to penicillin.
Neisseria meningitidis is one of the important cause of meningitis and has been extremely susceptible to penicillin. Nevertheless, moderately penicillin resistant strains have been reported in some parts of the world. To our knowledge, there is no such report in Malaysia. We report two clinical isolates that were found to have MICs of decreased susceptibility to penicillin by the agar dilution method.
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Department of Pathology, Kuala Lumpur Hospital.
Rohani
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D006801:Humans; D008296:Malaysia; D008589:Meningococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D009345:Neisseria meningitidis / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010403:Penicillin Resistance