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Molecular characterization of invasive penicillin non-susceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae from Denmark, 2001 to 2005.
Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases - 1 May 2010
Lambertsen Lotte, Brendstrup Mette, Friis Helene, Christensen Jens Jørgen
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The aim of this study was to characterize invasive penicillin non-susceptible pneumococci (PNSP) isolated in Denmark from 2001 to 2005, describe the genetic changes in the penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs) and compare the isolates to the international recognized PNSP clones. All isolates were characterized using serotyping; 43 isolates were also characterized by multilocus sequence typing (MLST) and sequence...
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