Penicillin resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae isolated from infected children in Athens, Greece: resistance patterns, serotypes and penicillin-binding protein 2B mutation characterization by PCR

MeSH terms

• Adolescent
• Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
• Bacterial Proteins*
• Carrier Proteins / genetics*
• Child
• Child, Preschool
• Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
• Greece
• Hexosyltransferases*
• Humans
• Microbial Sensitivity Tests
• Muramoylpentapeptide Carboxypeptidase / genetics*
• Mutation*
• Penicillin Resistance*
• Penicillin-Binding Proteins
• Peptidyl Transferases*
• Pneumococcal Infections / microbiology
• Polymerase Chain Reaction
• Serotyping
• Streptococcus pneumoniae / classification*
• Streptococcus pneumoniae / drug effects*
• Streptococcus pneumoniae / isolation & purification