Clinical implications of pneumococcal serotypes: Invasive disease potential, clinical presentations, and antibiotic resistance

Journal of Korean Medical Science

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 4-15

  Song, Joon Young ^a,b   Nahm, Moon H ^b,c   Moseley, M Allen ^d  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^d University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial capsules; Pneumococcal infections; Polysaccharides, bacterial; Serotyping; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE;

BACTERIAL CAPSULE; CLASSIFICATION; EMPYEMA; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MENINGITIS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PATHOGENICITY; PERITONITIS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; REVIEW; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIAL CAPSULES; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; EMPYEMA; HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMANS; MENINGITIS; PERITONITIS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCOCCAL; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 84874778173     PISSN: 10118934     EISSN: 15986357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3346/jkms.2013.28.1.4     Document Type: Review

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