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Heterogeneity of pneumococcal phase variants in invasive human infections

BACKGROUND: Streptococcus pneumoniae can be carried asymptomatically in the nasopharynx of its human host but can also cause a wide range of infections. A role for pneumococcal phase variants in the different lifestyles of this bacterium has been suggested but no systematic survey of the colony phen...

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Autores principales: Serrano, I, Melo-Cristino, J, Ramirez, M
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2006
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1555587/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16872486
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-6-67