A report of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 6D in Europe

Serotype 6D of Streptococcus pneumoniae has been reported in Asia and the Fijian islands among nasopharyngeal carriage isolates. We now report a 6D isolate from a Finnish adult with invasive pneumococcal disease. Interestingly, the Finnish isolate and Asian isolate capsule gene loci are almost ident...

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Autores principales: Nahm, M. H., Oliver, M. B., Siira, L., Kaijalainen, T., Lambertsen, L. M., Virolainen, A.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Society for General Microbiology 2011
Materias:
Diagnostics, Typing and Identification
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3052471/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20829399
http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.023853-0
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Sumario:Serotype 6D of Streptococcus pneumoniae has been reported in Asia and the Fijian islands among nasopharyngeal carriage isolates. We now report a 6D isolate from a Finnish adult with invasive pneumococcal disease. Interestingly, the Finnish isolate and Asian isolate capsule gene loci are almost identical.

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