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

Stylianos Chatzipanagiotou *, E. Papavasileiou , T. Panagea , A. Makri , I. Paraskaki , C. Nicolaou , A. Ioannidis , N.J. Legakis d a Department of Clinical Microbiology, Athens Medical School*/Aeginition Hospital, Vass. Sophias av. 72-74, 115 28 Athens, Greece b Department of Clinical Microbiology, Penteli Childrens’ Hospital, Athens, Greece c Children’s Hospital of Athens, P. and A. Kyriakou, Kallithea Annexe, Athens, Greece d Department of Microbiology, Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece