Molecular characteristics of serotype 3 Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates among community-acquired pneumonia patients in Japan

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 258-261

  Isozumi, Rie ^a   Ito, Yutaka ^a   Ishida, Tadashi ^b   Hirai, Toyohiro ^a   Ito, Isao ^a,c   Maniwa, Ko ^d   Hayashi, Michio ^e   Kagioka, Hitoshi ^f   Hirabayashi, Masataka ^g   Onaru, Koichi ^h   Tomioka, Hiromi ⁱ   Tomii, Keisuke ^e,j   Gohma, Iwao ^j   Osawa, Makoto ^a   Imai, Seiichiro ^a   Takakura, Shunji ^a   Iinuma, Yoshitsugu ^a   Chin, Kazuo ^a   Ichiyama, Satoshi ^a   Mishima, Michiaki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KURASHIKI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c Ono Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^d TENRI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e KOBE CITY MEDICAL CENTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^f Kitano Hospital   (Japan)

^g Hyogo Prefectural Tsukaguchi Hospital   (Japan)

^h SAKAI MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

ⁱ NISHI KOBE MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^j Japan Post   (Japan)

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Author keywords

Drug resistance; Mucoid; Multilocus sequencing typing (MLST); Serotype; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRAIT; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; JAPAN; PHENOTYPE; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 45749147817     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10156-008-0600-9     Document Type: Article

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