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Emergence of Multidrug-Resistant Pneumococcal Serotype 35B among Children in the United States.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Mar 2017
Olarte Liset, Kaplan Sheldon L, Barson William J, Romero José R, Lin Philana Ling, Tan Tina Q, Hoffman Jill A, Bradley John S, Givner Laurence B, Mason Edward O, Hultén Kristina G
Abstract excerpt
Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 35B is a nonvaccine serotype associated with high rates of penicillin nonsusceptibility. An increase in the proportion of multidrug-resistant (MDR) 35B isolates has recently been reported. The genetic events contributing to the emergence of MDR serotype 35B are unknown. The sequence type (ST) composition of 78 serotype 35B isolates obtained from pediatric patients with invasive...
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