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Genotypic characterization of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 19F in Malaysia.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Jan 2014
Jeevajothi Nathan Jayakayatri, Mohd Desa Mohd Nasir, Thong Kwai Lin, Clarke Stuart C, Masri Siti Norbaya, Md Yasin Rohani, Mohd Taib Niazlin
Abstract excerpt
Streptococcus pneumoniae is an epidemiologically important bacterial pathogen. Recently, we reported the antibiotic susceptibility patterns of a limited collection of pneumococcal isolates in Malaysia with a high prevalence of erythromycin resistant strains. In the present study, 55 of the pneumococcal isolates of serotype 19F were further analysed by pulsed field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) and multilocus...
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