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Clonal groups of penicillin-nonsusceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae in Baltimore, Maryland: a population-based, molecular epidemiologic study.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Dec 2000
McEllistrem M C, Pass M, Elliott J A, Whitney C G, Harrison L H
Abstract excerpt
Few data are available on the molecular subtypes of all penicillin-nonsusceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae (PNSP) from a defined population base. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE), serotyping, and antibiotic susceptibility testing were performed for all available invasive PNSP isolates for which the penicillin (MIC) was > or =0.1 microg/ml from Baltimore, Md., during 1995-1996 (n = 143). The dendrogram...
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