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Phenotypic and genetic diversity of invasive pneumococcal isolates recovered from French children.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Aug 2002
Doit Catherine, Loukil Chawki, Geslin Pierre, Bingen Edouard
Abstract excerpt
We investigated the phenotypic and genetic diversity (by ribotyping) of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates recovered from French children, by blood culture from meningitis-free patients (n = 244) and by cerebrospinal fluid culture from patients with meningitis (n = 154). Isolates belonging to serotypes associated with carriage and penicillin-resistant isolates were significantly more frequent in children under 2...
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