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Increasing importance of multidrug-resistant serotype 6A Streptococcus pneumoniae clones in acute otitis media in southern Israel.
The Pediatric infectious disease journal - 1 Feb 2010
Porat Nurith, Amit Uri, Givon-Lavi Noga, Leibovitz Eugene, Dagan Ron
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The major aim of this study was to establish the molecular epidemiology dynamics of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 6A in acute otitis media, before the introduction of the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine. METHODS: Acute otitis media in Jewish and Bedouin children <5 years old undergoing tympanocentesis during 1999 to 2006, were studied. Serotype 6A was identified by the Quellung reaction...
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