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Carriage of multiple Streptococcus pneumoniae capsular types is frequent among children with invasive pneumococcal disease

Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus) is a human pathogen that colonizes the nasopharynx. We investigated serotype distribution in paired invasive and nasopharyngeal samples obtained from 57 children during invasive pneumococcal disease. Of 39 nasopharyngeal samples positive for pneumococci, 46.2%...

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Published in:Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis
Main Authors: Félix, Sofia, Henares, Desirée, Muñoz-Almagro, Carmen, Sá-Leão, Raquel
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2021
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8017099/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33797644
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10096-021-04231-4
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