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Molecular epidemiology and serogroup 6 capsular gene evolution of pneumococcal carriage in a Japanese birth cohort study.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Dec 2013
Otsuka Taketo, Chang Bin, Wada Akihito, Okazaki Minoru
Abstract excerpt
Antibiotic resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae is a major concern worldwide. However, it is unclear whether resistance is associated with only a few highly prevalent clones or numerous and diverse clones. We monitored 349 healthy children and obtained nasopharyngeal cultures at five time point...
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