Streptococcus pneumoniae Isolates from Middle Ear Fluid and Nasopharynx of Children with Acute Otitis Media Exhibit Phase Variation

Pneumococcal phase variation of 37 middle ear and 31 nasopharyngeal isolates obtained from children with acute otitis media was examined in the absence of intervening culture. The fraction of the opaque colonies was significantly higher in middle ear isolates than in nasopharyngeal isolates. The dif...

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Main Authors: Arai, Jun, Hotomi, Muneki, Hollingshead, Susan K., Ueno, Yumi, Briles, David E., Yamanaka, Noboru
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2011
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Bacteriology
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3122802/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21346044
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.01990-10
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