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1888. A Nationwide Outbreak of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease (IPD) Caused by a Novel Streptococcus Pneumoniae Serotype 2 (SP2) Clone in the PCV13 Era, in Israel

BACKGROUND: IPD caused by Sp2 (non-PCV13 serotype) is relatively rare. However, Sp2 has a high potential for causing IPD including meningitis. Large-scale outbreaks of Sp2 IPD are rare and were not reported post-PCV implementation. We describe Sp2 IPD outbreak in Israel, in the PCV13 era, caused by...

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Autores principales: Dagan, Ron, Ben-Shimol, Shalom, Benisty, Rachel, Regev-Yochay, Gili, Ron, Merav, Givon-Lavi, Noga, Rokney, Assaf
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6808697/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz359.118