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Determination of pneumococcal serotypes/genotypes in nasopharyngeal secretions of otitis media children by multiplex PCR.
European journal of pediatrics - 1 Apr 2008
Billal Dewan S, Hotomi Muneki, Suzumoto Masaki, Yamauchi Kazuma, Arai Jun, Katsurahara Toshiki, Moriyama Satomi, Fujihara Keiji, Yamanaka Noboru
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The appropriate clinical applications of pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccines against recent increases in antimicrobial resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae (S. pneumoniae) urgently require accurate analytical methodologies for determining and characterizing the serotypes. The results of current im...
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