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Serotype 6C is associated with penicillin-susceptible meningeal infections in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected adults among invasive pneumococcal isolates previously identified as serotype 6A in South Africa.
International journal of antimicrobial agents - 1 Nov 2008
du Plessis Mignon, von Gottberg Anne, Madhi Shabir A, Hattingh Olga, de Gouveia Linda, Klugman Keith P
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A newly described pneumococcal serotype (6C) is indistinguishable from serotype 6A when using the conventional Quellung serotyping method. Serotype 6A isolates were screened by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for the wciN region of the capsular locus. This study detected serotype 6C among invasiv...
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