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Drug-resistant genes and serotypes of pneumococcal strains of community-acquired pneumonia among adults in Japan.
Respirology (Carlton, Vic.) - 1 Jul 2006
Oishi Kazunori, Yoshimine Hiroyuki, Watanabe Hiroshi, Watanabe Kiwao, Tanimura Susumu, Kawakami Kenji, Iwagaki Akitaka, Nagai Hideaki, Goto Hajime, Kudoh Shoji, Kuriyama Takayuki, Fukuchi Yoshinosuke, Matsushima Toshiharu, Shimada Kaoru, Matsumoto Keizo, Nagatake Tsuyoshi
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BACKGROUND: A high frequency of drug-resistant pneumococci has been reported in Asian countries. Few data on the drug-resistance or serotype of pneumococcal strains responsible for community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), however, are available for the past two decades in Japan. METHODOLOGY: Susceptibility to antibiotics and the genotype of antibiotic-resistant genes and serotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates...
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