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Virulence-Associated Characteristics of Serotype 14 and Serogroup 9 Streptococcus pneumoniae Clones Circulating in Brazil: Association of Penicillin Non-susceptibility With Transparent Colony Phenotype Variants

Streptococcus pneumoniae remains a major agent of invasive diseases, especially in children and the elderly. The presence of pneumococcal capsule, pneumococcal surface protein A (PspA), and pilus type 1 (PI-1) and the ability of colony phase variation are assumed to play important roles in the virul...

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Autores principales: Pinto, Tatiana C. A., Costa, Natália S., Pina, Sandrine E. C. M., Souza, Aline R. V., Oliveira, Laura M. A., Moura, Camille A. B., Kegele, Fabíola C. O., Merquior, Vânia L. C., Botelho, Ana Caroline N., Peralta, José M., Teixeira, Lúcia M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7479199/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32983022
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.02009