First report of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 6D in South America

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2080-2081

  Mercado, Erik ^a   Srinivasan, Velusamy ^b   Hawkins, Paulina ^c   Chochua, Sopio ^c   Ochoa, Theresa ^a   Beall, Bernard ^b   McGee, Lesley ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BROTH DILUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; LETTER; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PERU; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; SOUTH AMERICA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; INFANT; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SEROTYPING; SOUTH AMERICA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 79955541614     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00153-11     Document Type: Letter

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