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Atypical Pneumococcal Isolate from Blood

Pneumonia with bacteremia accounts for the majority (70%) of cases of invasive pneumococcal diseases. Laboratory characterization of pneumococci is routinely done by sensitivity to optochin. We identified an atypical presentation of optochin-resistant pneumococci in blood isolate of a patient with s...

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Autores principales: Veerasamy, Jayashree, Jayarajan, Jayalakshmi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5846225/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29552541
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijabmr.IJABMR_459_16