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Carriage of multiple Streptococcus pneumoniae capsular types is frequent among children with invasive pneumococcal disease

Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus) is a human pathogen that colonizes the nasopharynx. We investigated serotype distribution in paired invasive and nasopharyngeal samples obtained from 57 children during invasive pneumococcal disease. Of 39 nasopharyngeal samples positive for pneumococci, 46.2%...

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Autores principales: Félix, Sofia, Henares, Desirée, Muñoz-Almagro, Carmen, Sá-Leão, Raquel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8017099/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33797644
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10096-021-04231-4