Co-infection with dual Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes as a cause of pediatric bacterial meningitis in Iran: a multi-center cross-sectional study.

Sedigheh Rafiei TabatabaeiAhmadreza ShamshiriLeila AzimiAli Nazari-AlamAbdollah KarimiSeyed Alireza MirjavadiMarjan Tariverdi

Published in: BMC infectious diseases (2022)

Co-infection with S. pneumoniae serotypes can occur in bacterial meningitis and it might be missed if all serotypes are not evaluated in CSF specimens.

Keyphrases

cerebrospinal fluid
respiratory tract