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High prevalence of genotype 6E (putative serotype 6E) among noninvasive/colonization isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae in northern Japan.
Microbial drug resistance (Larchmont, N.Y.) - 1 Apr 2015
Kawaguchiya Mitsuyo, Urushibara Noriko, Kobayashi Nobumichi
Abstract excerpt
Serogroup 6 of Streptococcus pneumoniae contains four established serotypes (6A-6D). Recently, putative serotype 6E (genotype 6E) was proposed as a novel type, which is cross-reactive with 6B-specific antiserum, but its capsular polysaccharide synthesis (cps) locus is genetically distinct from those of serotypes 6A and 6B. In the present study, prevalence of genotype 6E was analyzed by a newly designed multiplex...
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