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Site of isolation determines biofilm formation and virulence phenotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 3 clinical isolates.
Infection and immunity - 1 Feb 2013
Trappetti Claudia, van der Maten Erika, Amin Zarina, Potter Adam J, Chen Austen Y, van Mourik Paula M, Lawrence Andrew J, Paton Adrienne W, Paton James C
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Streptococcus pneumoniae is a diverse species causing invasive as well as localized infections that result in massive global morbidity and mortality. Strains vary markedly in pathogenic potential, but the molecular basis is obscured by the diversity and plasticity of the pneumococcal genome. In the present study, S. pneumoniae serotype 3 blood (n = 12) or ear (n = 13) isolates were multilocus sequence typed...
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