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Serotype 19A variants of the Spanish serotype 23F multiresistant clone of Streptococcus pneumoniae.
Microbial drug resistance (Larchmont, N.Y.) - 1 Jan 1998
Coffey T J, Enright M C, Daniels M, Wilkinson P, Berrón S, Fenoll A, Spratt B G
Abstract excerpt
Multiply-antibiotic-resistant isolates of serogroup 19 Streptococcus pneumoniae, possessing altered penicillin-binding protein (PBP) 1A, 2B, and 2X genes that are indistinguishable from those of the Spanish multiresistant serogroup 23F clone, are now commonly encountered in Spain. Those isolates that have been serotyped express type 19F capsular polysaccharide. Serotyping of further isolates, and hybridization...
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