Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in Healthy Adults: Increase of Empyema Associated with the Clonal-Type Sweden(1)-ST306

BACKGROUND: Adult invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) occurs mainly in the elderly and patients with co-morbidities. Little is known about the clinical characteristics, serotypes and genotypes causing IPD in healthy adults. METHODS: We studied 745 culture-proven cases of IPD in adult patients aged 1...

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Autores principales: Grau, Imma, Ardanuy, Carmen, Calatayud, Laura, Rolo, Dora, Domenech, Arnau, Liñares, Josefina, Pallares, Roman
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3418254/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22912711
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0042595

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3418254/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22912711
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0042595

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