Cargando…

Streptococcus pneumoniae Clonal Complex 199: Genetic Diversity and Tissue-Specific Virulence

Streptococcus pneumoniae is an important cause of otitis media and invasive disease. Since introduction of the heptavalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, there has been an increase in replacement disease due to serotype 19A clonal complex (CC)199 isolates. The goals of this study were to 1) describ...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Thomas, Jonathan C., Figueira, Marisol, Fennie, Kristopher P., Laufer, Alison S., Kong, Yong, Pichichero, Michael E., Pelton, Stephen I., Pettigrew, Melinda M.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3077395/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21533186
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0018649