title: Exogenous re-infection by a novel Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 14 as a cause of recurrent meningitis in a child from The Gambia.
abstract: We report a case of an infant who experienced exogenous re-infection of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 14 as a cause of recurrent meningitis after apparently successful antibiotic treatment with ceftriaxone. eBURST analysis revealed that isolates from the two episodes of meningitis belonged to hypervirulent ST63 and ST3321 clonal complexes respectively.
authors.affiliation: Bacterial Diseases Programme, Medical Research Council Laboratories, Banjul, The Gambia, Africa. mantonio@mrc.gm
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Antonio
authors.forename: Claire
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Oluwalana
authors.forename: Ousman
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Secka
authors.forename: Tumani
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Corrah
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Howie
authors.forename: Richard A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Adegbola
mesh_terms: D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D005260:Female; D005714:Gambia; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008586:Meningitis, Pneumococcal / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D012008:Recurrence; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012703:Serotyping; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity