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Serotype and antibiotic resistance of isolates from patients with invasive pneumococcal disease in Japan.
Epidemiology and infection - 1 Jan 2010
Chiba N, Morozumi M, Sunaoshi K, Takahashi S, Takano M, Komori T, Sunakawa K, Ubukata K
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Invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) is of concern in Japan, where the heptavalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) is unavailable. We determined serotypes, genotypes indicating beta-lactam resistance, and antibiotic susceptibilities of 496 isolates from normally sterile sites in patients (193 children, 303 adults) from 186 institutions between August 2006 and July 2007. Disease presentations included sepsis...
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