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Genotypic analysis of invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae from Mali, Africa, by semiautomated repetitive-element PCR and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Mar 2007
Harrington S M, Stock F, Kominski A L, Campbell J D, Hormazabal J C, Livio S, Rao L, Kotloff K L, Sow S O, Murray P R
Abstract excerpt
As part of a large, ongoing study of invasive infections in pediatric patients in Bamako, Mali, 106 cases of invasive pneumococcal disease were identified from June 2002 to July 2003 (J. D. Campbell et al., Pediatr. Infect. Dis. J. 23:642-649, 2004). Of the 12 serotypes present, the majority of isolates were not contained in PCV7 (the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine), including 1 isolate that was serotype...
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