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Changes of serotype and genotype in Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates from a Korean hospital in 2007.
Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease - 1 Mar 2009
Song Jae-Hoon, Baek Jin Yang, Cheong Hae Suk, Chung Doo Ryeon, Peck Kyong Ran, Ko Kwan Soo
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We investigated the change in clones and serotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates in a Korean tertiary-care hospital. Serotypes of S. pneumoniae isolates were determined by the capsular quellung method, and in vitro susceptibility testing was performed by broth microdilution method. Multilocus sequence typing was performed to determine the genotypes of the S. pneumoniae isolates. The erm(B) and mef(A) genes...
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