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Streptococcus pneumoniae Strains Isolated From a Single Pediatric Patient Display Distinct Phenotypes.
Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology - 1 Jan 2022
Agnew Hannah N, Brazel Erin B, Tikhomirova Alexandra, van der Linden Mark, McLean Kimberley T, Paton James C, Trappetti Claudia
Abstract excerpt
Streptococcus pneumoniae is the leading cause of bacterial paediatric meningitis after the neonatal period worldwide, but the bacterial factors and pathophysiology that drive pneumococcal meningitis are not fully understood. In this work, we have identified differences in raffinose utilization by S. pneumoniae isolates of identical serotype and sequence type from the blood and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of a...
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