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Role of Conjugative Elements in the Evolution of the Multidrug-Resistant Pandemic Clone<i>Streptococcus pneumoniae</i><sup>Spain23F</sup>ST81
30 Dec 2008
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Streptococcus pneumoniae is a human commensal and pathogen able to cause a variety of diseases that annually result in over a million deaths worldwide. The S. pneumoniae(Spain23F) sequence type 81 lineage was among the first recognized pandemic clones and was responsible for almost 40% of penicillin-resistant pneumococcal infections in the United States in the late 1990s. Analysis of the chromosome sequence of a...
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