Clonal Analysis of <i>Streptococcus pneumoniae</i> Nonsusceptible to Penicillin at Day-Care Centers with Index Cases, in a Region with Low Incidence of Resistance: Emergence of an Invasive Type 35B Clone among Carriers

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The nasopharyngeal carriage rate of potential respiratory pathogens was studied in 36 index children with a pneumococci nonsusceptible to penicillin (PNSP), in 595 healthy children, and in 123 personnel at 16 day-care centers (DCCs) with index cases in the Stockholm area, an urban area with a low incidence of antibiotic resistant pneumococci, during the winter of 1997-1998. The spread and clonality of PNSP,...

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