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Molecular and phenotypic characterization of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates in a Japanese tertiary care hospital.
Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology - 1 Jan 2024
Nakao Takumi, Kosai Kosuke, Akamatsu Norihiko, Ota Kenji, Mitsumoto-Kaseida Fujiko, Hasegawa Hiroo, Izumikawa Koichi, Mukae Hiroshi, Yanagihara Katsunori
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This study aimed to investigate the bacterial characteristics of pneumococcal isolates obtained from a tertiary care hospital in Japan. We analyzed the antimicrobial susceptibility, possession of macrolide resistance genes, pneumococcal serogroup/serotype, and sequence type (ST) of pneumococcal isolates from patients aged 15 years or older between 2011 and 2020 at Nagasaki University Hospital. Of the 73 isolates...
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