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Increase in prevalence of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 6C at Eight Children's Hospitals in the United States from 1993 to 2009.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Jun 2011
Green Morgan C, Mason Edward O, Kaplan Sheldon L, Lamberth Linda B, Stovall Stephanie H, Givner Laurence B, Bradley John S, Tan Tina Q, Barson William J, Hoffman Jill A, Lin Philana Ling, Hulten Kristina G
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Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 6C, which was described in 2007, causes invasive disease in adults and children. We investigated the prevalence of 6C among pediatric isolates obtained from eight children's hospitals in the United States. S. pneumoniae isolates were identified from a prospective multicenter study (1993 to 2009). Fifty-seven serotype 6C isolates were identified by multiplex PCR and/or Quellung...
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