PRO/EDR> Meningitis, meningococcal - Costa Rica: 3rd-gen. cephalosporin resistance, RFI

PRO/EDR> Meningitis, meningococcal - Costa Rica: 3rd-gen. cephalosporin resistance, RFI: Meningitis - Neisseria -- Costa Rica

A 50-year-old man and a senior became the 1st 2 people in Costa Rica -- and in the Americas -- found to be infected with the bacteria most resistant to antibiotics used in the treatment of meningitis and meningococcal septicemia that cause serious brain damage and even death.

The Centro Nacional de Referencia en Bacteriología (CNRB) -- National Center of Reference in Bacteriology, of the Instituto Costarricense de Investigación y Enseñanza en Nutrición y Salud (Inciensa) -- Costa Rican