Invasive pneumococcal disease caused by mucoid serotype 3 Streptococcus pneumoniae: a case report and literature review

BACKGROUND: Among the different serotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae, serotype 3 has received global attention. We report the fatal case of a 76-year-old Japanese man who had an invasive pneumococcal disease associated with pneumonia caused by serotype 3 S. pneumoniae. CASE PRESENTATION: The patien...

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Autores principales: Sugimoto, Naomi, Yamagishi, Yuka, Hirai, Jun, Sakanashi, Daisuke, Suematsu, Hiroyuki, Nishiyama, Naoya, Koizumi, Yusuke, Mikamo, Hiroshige
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5217555/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28057059
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-016-2353-3

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5217555/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28057059
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-016-2353-3

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