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Several different clones present during the penetration phase of resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in the city of Malmö, Sweden.
Microbial drug resistance (Larchmont, N.Y.) - 1 Jan 1999
Nilsson P, Laurell M H
Abstract excerpt
A rapid increase in the prevalence of Streptococcus pneumoniae with reduced sensitivity to penicillin (MIC > or = 0.12 microgram/mL) was noted among clinical isolates during a 15-month period in 1994-1995 in the city of Malmö, Sweden. All first-time clinical isolates (n = 178) were consecutively collected and investigated for genetic relatedness with BOX-A PCR and arbitrarily primed (AP) PCR. An improved method...
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