Emergence of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 15a after the introduction of the conjugate vaccine in Victoria

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 199, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 461-463

  Strachan, Janet E ^a   Rowe, Stacey L ^b   Dunne, Eileen M ^c   Hogg, Geoffrey G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Department of Health ^*  (Australia)

^c MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ABORIGINE; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; LETTER; MORTALITY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; PNEUMONIA; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VACCINES, CONJUGATE; VICTORIA;

EID: 84885112804     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja13.10420     Document Type: Letter

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