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Heterogeneity of pneumococcal phase variants in invasive human infections.

BMC microbiology - 26 Jul 2006

Serrano I, Melo-Cristino J, Ramirez M

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BACKGROUND: Streptococcus pneumoniae can be carried asymptomatically in the nasopharynx of its human host but can also cause a wide range of infections. A role for pneumococcal phase variants in the different lifestyles of this bacterium has been suggested but no systematic survey of the colony phenotypes of isolates associated with human infections has been undertaken. RESULTS: We report the colony opacity...

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PMID: 16872486
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-6-67
PMCID: PMC1555587

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